Discernment In Spiritual Maturity.

"But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil." Heb. 5:14.

God wants you and I to be discerning. Discernment is the ability to know something beyond the surface, to deeply understand how things operate out of the natural realm. The power to see and know what is not evident to the average mind. Spiritual discernment is the ability to tell the difference between truth and error. It is basic to having wisdom. Jesus, speaking to His disciples about the Pharisees, said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given” Matt. 13:11. Satan has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so God must shed light on the human mind to enable us to understand truth. It is impossible to attain wisdom without God.

Wisdom or spiritual discernment, is something that comes from knowing Jesus Christ. The world’s way of getting wisdom is different from God’s way. The learned of the world gain knowledge and apply reason to knowledge to solve problems, construct buildings and create philosophies. But God does not make the knowledge of Himself available by those means. It is not wrong to possess knowledge or have an education, and it is not wrong to use reason and logic to solve problems. However, spiritual discernment cannot be attained that way. It must be given by the revelation of Jesus Christ to the believer, and then developed by way of training in righteousness.

Spiritual discernment however can be developed. Scriptures speak about those who have become “dull of hearing,” meaning they had fallen out of the practice discernment spiritually. The writer of Hebrews tells them that everyone who lives on “milk” rather than “solid food” desired by the mature is unskilled in the word of righteousness; however, the mature Christian has been “trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” The keys, according to this passage, are becoming skilled in the Word of God and “constant practice” through which we gain discernment. Once more, the more you yield yourself to God's word the better you know and discern based on the values of the word. 

FURTHER READING: 

"This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment," Phil. 1:9.

"But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him." James. 1:5.

DECLARATION: 

Dear Abba Father, thank You for the privilege of being alive and walking in the truth of your word. Today I ask for the supernatural ability to discern Your will and to know good from evil. I receive spiritual and supernatural discernment to know by the spirit and walk according to divine promptings and premonitions. My spiritual eyes are enlightened, my spiritual mind is enabled to know and do that which is right in Jesus name, amen.

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN: 

Matt. 25:1-46.

Matt. 26:1-75.

Matt. 27:1-66.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY:

"Discernment Is Not A Matter Of Simply Telling The Difference Between Right And Wrong; Rather It Is Telling The Difference Between Right And Almost Right."