If we could concoct a pill that could raise people’s I.Q.s by ten to twenty points we could soon be fabulously wealthy. Lines to get our pills would be longer than the lines to get a new iPhone. We used to think the intelligence we are born with we would have for the rest of our lives. Well, we did know we could do things to reduce our I.Q. There is all manner of mental abuse at our disposal. But the good news is we can increase our mental capacities. The secret has been with us all along. It’s found in the longest Psalm.
“O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditations. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.” Psalm 119.
There it is. The secret is time spent with God and His word. My Dad used to tell me to always pick friends who were smarter than I. By association I would gain new understanding of things. If that’s the case then who better to associate with than the One who knows everything. In Ephesians 1 Paul prays, “I make mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; . . .”
The first month of the year is already history but we have eleven months yet to finish the year smarter than when it started. Let’s do it.
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 1, 2011
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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