Have you ever heard the saying “ignorance is bliss!” or “what you don’t know will not hurt you”? Both of them are wrong. Truth, what you don’t know can hurt you terribly and indeed ignorance is hardly bliss. Indeed it is only bliss when we are ignorant of bad things. Even in law, ignorance is not an excuse for doing wrong so that it then is your responsibility to find out what is right and to do it. The position is the same in the bible. Where then did those sayings originate? Might I suggest – hell!
1 Corinthians 14: 20 “Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.”
The truth about life is that ignorance will cost you and me dearly; hence the bible admonishes us to get wisdom and also understanding. We need to study to show ourselves approved workmen rightly dividing the word of God. It is our individual responsibility to ensure that we acquire knowledge and when it relates to God, revelation knowledge. Nobody owes it to you to make you aware. If you choose to continue in ignorance then there is nothing anybody can do for you.
Proverbs 1: 22 “How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded?”
In all that we are asking God for, the bible admonishes that wisdom and understanding are things we must get. If we have all we desire and yet are lacking in wisdom and understanding, we have a major problem. Wisdom is the proper application of knowledge so that you need knowledge to be wise. If knowledge is not properly applied then it becomes stupidity which is why the bible admonishes that we be workmen that rightly divide the word of God. Wrong application of knowledge may be just as bad as “ignorant bliss” or even worse.
Proverbs 1: 32 “For simpletons turn away from me-to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.”
God gave you and I brains apart from putting His Spirit in us through which He gives us inspiration. When we are lazy and refuse to use all the resources He has provided, we are unable to make wise decisions. If our information is shallow or non-existent, our decisions will be based on wrong premise. By so doing, a lot of us have ruined our lives and families. Ignorance has led us to make wrong decisions that have taken us completely off God’s chosen path for our lives and yet we say “ignorance is bliss”.
Proverbs 2: 9-11 “Then you will understand what is right, just, and fair, and you will find the right way to go. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy. Wise choices will watch over you, understanding will keep you safe.”
Please make a decision today, to step out of ignorance. We must not be unaware of the devices of the enemy for knowledge is power and when properly applied, it takes us to the place of dominion.
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