noun 1: the knowledge and ability to judge a particular situation or subject He has a thorough/full understanding of the subject. 2: an informal agreement We have an understanding that whoever cooks doesn't have to do the dishes.
3: a willingness to understand people's behavior and forgive them a relationship is based on mutual understanding
4: the power of comprehending.
Life Questions
How is your thirst and hunger for understanding? Is that thirst and hunger growing or diminishing as you step deeper into life? Do you often feel misunderstood? Is understanding a muscle you can develop?
Job 12:13 ‘To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. Job 26:14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?’ Job 28:28 And he said to the human race, ‘The fear of the Lord – that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.’ Psalm 119:27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds. Psalm 119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. Isaiah 43:10 ‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the Lord, ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. Jeremiah 10:12 But God made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding. Mark 12:33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.’ Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Colossians 2:2 My goal 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, 2 Peter 3:3 Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Faith Questions
How much of the journey of faith is about understanding? What about God do you believe to understand? What do you fail or struggle to understand about God, His ways or His plan unfolding?