Discernment

Philippians 1:9,10

9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

What is Discernment: The ability to judge well.

Hebrews 5:12-14

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the [b]oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are [c]of full age, that is, those who by reason of [d]use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

This is not judging the peoples character and passing on judgement about them, but having good judgement about the situations that we face, and the times we are in.

and if it is an unbeliever, he uses his worldly knowledge he gained in the world and then judges accordingly.

your judgement comes based on what you know and understand.

Solid food - 

Today there are so many churches around the world who only feed baby milk, just to satisfy emotions. so majority of Christians will be baby Christians in the world.

But Paul says , since you get solid food , your have discernment.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of Gods mouth.

God said, ->

Samuel heard the voice of God when he was a small boy.

Discernment comes when you hear the Word of God. 

not that you finish a chapter or your daily portion.

When you eat food, you just enjoy the food or just to finish the food because its dinner time.

The bible says in Proverbs 3:5,6

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"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [b]direct your paths."

But for you and me, the discernment , the ability to judge should come not on our own understanding. But this discernment comes by Trust.

A believers starting point is trust. 

If you ask any christian about eternal life, they say they trust God for eternal life.

But if you ask whether the same person can trust God to deliver them in a given situation, majority fail to believe in the Lord to deal with their current situation.

and that is the reason, why many lean on their own understanding.

But the key to get discernment is first acknowledge Him in our ways.

I am looking for a job, acknowledge Him.

I am looking for a breakthrough in my finances, acknowledge Him.

In everything acknowledge Him. and He shall direct your paths.

I had a first hand experience in in regards to this.

my passport expires and i have to join a new job and for that i have to apply for visa transfer.

i started saying God , i acknowledge only you can deal with this situation, no body else can.

and i wait for your work in this situation.

Friday morning i went in and i got the passport by afternoon

Luke 12

54 Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. 55 And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

Make Peace with Your Adversary

57 “Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right? 58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59 I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”

Understand the times that we are done

Matthew 24

32 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that [e]it is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

Why do so many Christians do wrong things.

It is really a shame for Christians to do foolish things.

Because you have the Word of God, you have Spirit of God.

You are not setting right priorities.

our marriages are not working properly because we are not treating kindly, we are not spending time with our children.

We know that Covid is hapenning all the place. you know that these are not the normal times that we are living in. everyone accepts that, but we should be a people of discernment.  

Know that it is near - at the doors.

Today we are living in a time that has never been seen

There is never a time like to be full of discernment.

Every choice you make is important in the light of the Day of Christ.

Philippians 1:10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

In the discernment, what you do is chose what is best and pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

This discernment : 

Best of your future. ( I have a choice to prepare my self to see what is important in sight of God). Chose what is best for you and your family future.

Pure and Blameless.

Paul says we should be pure and blameless on the Day of Christ.

and to be pure and blamesless , we need discernment.

if we cannot judge whether iam eating good food or bad good, i may hurt my body.

in the same way, if i cannot judge what i am feeding inside ( the more news that we feed)

Proverbs 1:23-25

23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,