PROVERBS 9: EXPERIENCING GOD

In Proverbs 9:10, the type of knowledge Solomon writes about goes beyond mere intellectual knowledge; it’s not just knowing about God but knowing Him. Knowing that God exists barely scratches the surface of what God wants us to know about Him. He wants us to know His character, and that can only be learned through what the Bible refers to as “costly experience” (Proverbs 5:1 AMPC).

How can we ever truly know that God is faithful and trustworthy unless we step out in faith and trust Him with situations in our lives? How can we know His mercy if we never ask for and receive it? To truly know anything or anyone, we must have experience with them. Many people might say that they know you, but they don’t know you as your family knows you because your family has experience no one else has had with you.

The knowledge of God is eternal life (John 17:3). Eternal life begins the day we receive Christ as our Savior and Lord, not when we die. The eternal (forever) life God wants us to live is one of righteousness, peace, joy, and abundance in every area. When we speak of abundance or prosperity, we are not speaking merely of money or material goods. More importantly, we are speaking of spiritual prosperity, which is knowing God and experiencing His presence in our daily lives. It is knowing His Word and obeying it.

It is important to understand that God’s blessing does not come because we know what He said or did, but it comes when we follow the example He set for us and do as He did. This is one way we obtain “knowledge of the Holy One” (v. 10).