“Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is His treasure.” (Isaiah 33:6)

WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE
The Word of God states, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” (Psalm 32:8) The Word of God is wisdom. Wisdom is instruction, understanding is attention and knowledge is the application of wisdom. It is one thing to have the Word of God and it is another to apply it. When it is applied, it becomes wisdom. However, to apply it requires attention to understanding. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding are very important and one must also have virtue in order to make a head way in the world of challenges. Indeed, they are the only guidance that we have and will build the fear of God inside of us. The importance of wisdom cannot be emphasized enough than in Proverbs 4:7, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” This verse is often quoted but not often rated in how we respond to it. The importance of wisdom is way more than the attention we attach to it in our daily life. Without any doubt wisdom through the Word of God is what we need to have a stable life in the world that is constantly and consistently unstable. Isaiah confirmed the importance of wisdom and knowledge as the source of having a stable life when he stated, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, and the strength of salvation; the fear of the LORD is His treasure.” (Isaiah 33:6) Does this statement add up for you? To be trouble free by maintaining stability in this world of challenges, one has to be wisdom and knowledge full. Men who operated wisdom and knowledge through Scripture maintained stability and once they failed to maintain operating in wisdom and knowledge, they retained instability.
KING DAVID AND WISDOM
King David is a vivid example of one that maintained stability when wisdom and knowledge was his associate. Also, he is a good example of one that maintained instability when he parted with wisdom and knowledge. The Bible was not talking in parable neither was it speaking in fable when it stated that King David was a man after God’s own heart. (1 Samuel 13:14) David was a man that sought God with all his heart because he would not make moves without seeking God for wisdom through His Word. David repeatedly behaved wisely because he was seeking God and it was constantly mentioned, “David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.” (1 Samuel 18:5) David’s life was constantly stable when operating wisdom. Also as king, David regularly inquired from God before making any of his moves. Many times, he repeatedly went before God for re-confirmation of the word or wisdom before making moves against his enemy. (1 Samuel 23:2) All the time that he was operating wisdom, stability of time was his portion. The moment David failed and entered into instability of times was when he failed to inquire the wisdom of God.
UNWISE MOVE AND KING DAVID
Once during his stable times, he saw a beautiful woman bathing, but inquired outside of God. It is written that, “David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, ‘Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?’ Then David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her…” (2 Samuel 11:3-4) God was not his source of his enquiry, but ‘someone’ else was. The result of his move made a lifetime mark of instability in King David’s life. David’s action did not settle well with God and God made it known to David through Prophet Nathan, “…if that had been too little, I also would have given much more…” (2 Samuel 12:8) God never runs out of mercy except when we choose to run out of His mercy by failure to operate wisdom and knowledge. Truly our times are in the hand of God. God will not deny you regarding how you choose to use your time that is deposited in His hand because He is not a slave master but rather is a Saving Master. Also, God is not a dictator but our Deliverer. He has put in place what it takes to live a stable life. His word of wisdom and knowledge is all we have to take to ourselves. David in one of his psalms prayed, “My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.”(Psalm 31:5) Though our times are in His hand, every time we violate Him we allow the hand of enemies to operate.

The importance of wisdom is way more than the attention we attach to it in our daily life.
To be trouble free by maintaining stability in this world of challenges, one has to be wisdom and knowledge full.
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