Knowledge vs Wisdom

"Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within."

As I was reading for my Palm Sunday sermon, I came across this debate about the difference between knowledge and wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of each, but how do they differ? Here's what it said:

Knowledge has to do with facts and figures and even how they are related to other facts and figures. Knowledge has to do with identifiable pieces of information that can be located, remembered, accessed, and manipulated. Knowledge is a good and necessary thing; but, knowledge is not wisdom.

Wisdom has to do with discerning what to do with the knowledge. Wisdom has to do with making prudent judgments regarding the value and place of any given piece of knowledge.

Here are the definitions again, this time from our spiritual gifts inventory:

Knowledge: the gift that drives a person to learn, analyze and uncover new insights with regard to the Bible and faith.

Wisdom: the gift that allows the believer to sort through opinions, facts and thoughts in order to determine what solution would be best for the individual believer or the community of believers.

Many of us know our spiritual giftedness now. Someone at the last welcome coffee was adamant that we all should know. We also know that God is going to move in our midst in mighty ways. As we become more passionately spiritual, the volume will only go up and God's blessing will pour out.

We are in the process of forming a church health team, based on the NCD process. This has nothing to do with our physical health as individual members. Faith Lutheran, as the body of Christ in this place, took a "physical" and now we are trying to use what we've learned about ourselves to make wise choices for the future.

We are looking for involvement from the following types of people:
Team Leader
Strategic Thinker
Researcher
Intercessor
Communicator
One member from each of these teams: Stewardship, Finance, Evangelism, Christian Education

If you are interested or know anyone who fits one or more of thee descriptions above, e-mail me your/their name.