What is the quantity and quality of your ken and wisdom?

[Leonardo Von]

What is the quantity and quality of your ken and wisdom?

•    Pro 16:22-24 -> “Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”. 

The wise teaches his mouth and adds learning to his lips so that he can have, always, pleasant words which are sweet to the soul, and health to the bones (see Col 4:6). Hence it is said that understanding is a wellspring of life. 

Nonetheless, it is necessary to acquire ken. It’s useless to be willingly to help someone without wisdom and knowledge. This instruction only will make their situation worse. Hence people say that of good intention the hell is full.

See the case of the sons of Amon:

•    Amo 1:13-15 -> “Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: but I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: and their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.”.

They craved so much for being a big country. Why? I assume that, the bigger is the country, the more space for people multiply and, thus, be strong to conquer other peoples and become a great empire.

It comes the question: why is one people better or worse than other one (or one person in regard to the other one?). Many people only consider important the family. Nevertheless, see what the Holy Scripture says:

1 – the barren woman can be happier than the fertile one making of her neighbors their children:

•    Isa 54:1 -> “Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.”.

And this is so great that our salvation (specially of the woman) is worked by Christ through maternity:

•    1Ti 2:15 -> “Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.”.

Deborah, in particular, confessed that it was when she rose as mother of the Israelites that she received the revelation to overcome Jabin, king of Canaan (Judges 5:7):

•    Jdg 5:7 -> “The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.”.

2 – In our days, the enemies of the man will be of their own house:

•    Mic 7:5,6 -> “Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.”.

Jesus confirmed this (Mat 10:34-36) averring that He came to bring sword. It isn’t in vain that He enjoined us to love the enemies (Mat 5:44-45): because they would be more sincere in order to arouse us to the truth (the friends try to make use of blandishment in order not to offend us – see Prov 28:23).

Even in the time of Jeremiah this took place:

•    Jer 12:6 -> “For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.”.

So, although the family is important, have a good day following the advice of Paul:

•    2Co 6:11-13 -> “O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) *be ye also enlarged*.”.