{"id":12586,"date":"2025-06-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12586"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:00:19","slug":"divine-understanding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/divine-understanding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blue-Cream-Elegant-Minimalist-Florist-Promotion-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blue-Cream-Elegant-Minimalist-Florist-Promotion-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blue-Cream-Elegant-Minimalist-Florist-Promotion-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blue-Cream-Elegant-Minimalist-Florist-Promotion-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blue-Cream-Elegant-Minimalist-Florist-Promotion-Instagram-Post-Instagram-Post-45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiencing divine understanding opens our eyes and gives us insight. The Lord only reveals what we can handle. George Washington Carver asked God to uncover the mysteries of the universe to him, but the Creator knew Carver\u2019s mind couldn\u2019t handle that much information. So, instead, God revealed the complexities of a simple peanut to George, and he discovered over 300 uses for the small brown nut.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, \u201cAha\u201d moments describe divine understanding.&nbsp; When God opens my eyes to something I couldn\u2019t see before, it always amazes me.&nbsp; Like puzzle pieces falling into place, my limited perspective takes on an entirely new view.&nbsp; The scales fall from my eyes, and transformation happens as God reveals His truths to my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just yesterday, while driving, I listened to the biography of Amy Carmichael, an Irish Presbyterian missionary in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Listening to her struggles as she followed the Lord, I thought, \u201cI haven\u2019t a clue what it is to suffer.\u201d As I became more familiar with her ministry, God opened my eyes to a new depth of submission and service to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask the Lord to open your eyes and give you divine understanding.&nbsp; Let the Creator give you a new perspective on your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Thank You for giving us divine understanding and helping us draw nearer to You.&nbsp; Please open our eyes to what we can\u2019t see and give us new insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.cslewisinstitute.org\/resources\/george-washington-carver-1860-1943\/#:~:text=One%20day%20I%20went%20into,to%20know%20about%20the%20peanut?%E2%80%9D&amp;text=In%201921%20Carver%20addressed%20the,and%20national%20fame%20for%20himself.%E2%80%9D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Experiencing divine understanding opens our eyes and gives us insight. The Lord only reveals what we can handle. George Washington Carver asked God to uncover the mysteries of the universe to him, but the Creator knew Carver\u2019s mind couldn\u2019t handle that much information. So, instead, God revealed the complexities of a simple peanut&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/divine-understanding-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Divine Understanding<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12590,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12586\/revisions\/12590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}