Compreensão
A verdadeira compreensão vem de Deus. Os caminhos do Senhor são mais altos que os nossos. Mas Ele nos convida a buscar entendimento — e promete iluminar quem o busca de coração.
A sabedoria de Deus
Os meus pensamentos não são os vossos pensamentos. A incompreensibilidade de Deus nos leva à humildade e adoração.
But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.
What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?
And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.
Trust not in princes,
Nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.
He shall say to the Lord, Thou art my helper and my refuge:
My God; I will hope in him.
He shall overshadow thee with his shoulders,
And thou shalt trust under his wings:
His truth shall cover thee with a shield.
Buscar entendimento
Clama a mim e responder-te-ei. A sabedoria é a coisa principal — busque o entendimento com todo o coração.
Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.
A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom:
But a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
There are many thoughts in a man’s heart;
But the counsel of the Lord abides forever.
Every man seems to himself righteous;
But the Lord directs the hearts.
Iluminação divina
A entrada da tua Palavra dá luz e entendimento. Deus revela verdades ocultas e transforma nossa visão da realidade.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
And let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.
Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind:
As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman,
So thou shalt not know the works of God,
Even all things whatsoever he shall do.