What do we do with our knowledge and learning?

Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don’t forget my words or turn away from them.

Proverbs 6:6Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!

Proverbs 12:1To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.

Proverbs 24:32Then, as I looked and thought about it, I learned this lesson:

John 15:16You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.

Philippians 4:9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

James 2:17So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

The things we learn and know can become a powerful means for God to carry out his plans through us. Education can help us do God’s work because it gives us greater insight into how God’s world works. The knowledge we gain is often God’s way of preparing us for specific purposes in the future—purposes we have yet to discover. God loves to use our experiences and knowledge for unique purposes. God will make use of our training and our experiences to make us even more fruitful for him. Have you been blessed with certain skills or talents? Thank God and use them to serve him. God chose you and created you for a purpose. Often, God shows us what to do as we make use of the opportunities he sends our way. By making the most of where we are right now, we can be prepared to make the most of where God will put us in the future.