Weekly Scripture 6-7-2026

Answer:

This comes from Ecclesiastes.

__:__For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

*Mankind comes up with some impressive gadgetry at times and it comes from a lot of knowledge gained over time. Wisdom of the world can increase a lot of things such as technology, but with every new piece of technology developed it leads to greater problems. The person that is NOT wise to the things and truth of God, yet he runs about trying to become wise in his own way trying to figure out all types of gadgetry and tries to make people think they are smart, is running after worldly wisdom. The person might gain worldly knowledge about things, but it brings them more sorrow, because it actually has the effect of making his life more difficult. On the other hand, having knowledge about things and gadgetry or whatever you want to call it is not a bad thing, when it is used in some manner to accomplish God's will. An example of this would be someone like Michael Faraday. He was a chemist and a physicist that studied electromagnetism and a lot of other things, but the defining factor of the man was that he was a Christian. He attempted to learn of things and gain knowledge and wisdom of the elements around him, but the reason he did it was defined and controlled by God. God gives this knowledge to a person that is following Him, because He knows the person will use it in the correct manner. We should always take what we know and use it for God's glory and we don't get the misery because of it, because we know it was used to glorify Him and accomplish His purpose.

Weekly Scripture 5-31-2026

Answer: 2 Kings 2:9

This comes from 2 Kings.

__:__And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

*Have you ever considered that in the verse above you were actually seeing what was on the heart and mind of Elisha? But, it is true, and you can certainly see that Elisha let it be known his God-given desire. There is something for us to think about here and we can examine our own lives. When we think about goals that we might have in our lives, is the goal that we might have something that God can honor? Psalm 37:4 declares: “Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”. When our goal in life is to do God's will, He will open our eyes so that we can see what we should desire and make our purpose in life.