Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge

Good Day,

Colossians 2:2-3 (New International Version)
My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Colossians 2:2-3 (New Living Translation)
I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

"In him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge." I think we can all agree on that, can't we? It is through the knowledge of Jesus Christ and then accepting Him into our lives as Lord and Savior that we come to know "all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" that are revealed through Scripture; revealed through God speaking directly into our hearts and minds; revealed through what is said by other Christians; and revealed in ways that sometimes we cannot fully comprehend, understand, or explain.

That said, it is also true that God reveals His "treasures of wisdom and knowledge" to each of us as He will and in such a way that may not be evident to all.

For that, I am grateful. I am grateful because what God shows me in His Holy Scriptures today may be of huge help to someone who is struggling with some understanding of it. On the other hand, I am also grateful because there are many times when I am struggling for understanding, for "wisdom and knowledge" that will come from a brother or sister in Christ because of how he or she understands some section of Scripture.

Will all of us fully agree on every aspect of Holy Scripture all the time? Well, on some things, certainly we will. On the fact that Jesus Christ is Lord and that He came to this earth in order that we be saved, we can have no difference of "opinion" on that. At least I hope not! On that fact that God is a loving, caring God? No, I think we all agree there. And, of course, there are many other things in Scripture that can have no argument in what they mean. However, there are some things in Scripture that aren't exactly so "black and white" so to speak. There are areas in Scripture that speak slightly differently even to one person from one reading at one time, to reading that Scripture on another occasion at a different point in time. We've all experienced that. It's God speaking to us in order to help us on our way along this path of life. But this path of life changes and sometimes God will allow us to see different insights at different times.

The challenge here is that too often we get embroiled in picking apart, sentence by sentence, thought by thought, even word by word, of someone's interpretation or understanding of Scripture. Even when we disagree with something that we read, perhaps, just perhaps...differing opinions can both be correct: For each person at each point in time along each one's journey.

God reveals to me what He wishes me to understand in the way He wants at that particular point in time. He does the same with you and with every one of us. How we see it and what we understand of it can depend on where we are on our own individual journey of our life path.

The most important thing is that we DO fully understand what David wrote, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path." (Psalm 119:105) And that we understand the "path" is that path of our life journey.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David