Those who have the gift of wisdom, according to Mark Driscoll, have "the ability to have insight into people and situations that is not obvious to the average person, combined with an understanding of what to do and how to do it. It is the ability to not only see but also to apply the principles of God's Word to the practical matters of life by the 'Spirit of wisdom' (Eph. 1:17)." Some people who have this gift can have occupations such as coaches or counselors and are in areas where they can help people make good choices according to biblical trughts. Do you know anyone who has this gift or do you feel like you may possess it? Mark Driscoll has some practical questions that you can ask yourself to determine you do:
1.When studying God's Word, do you find that you discvoer the meaning and its implications before others do?
2. Are you able to apply biblical truth in a practical way to help counsel others to make good life choices?
3. Do you find that when people have important decisions to make, they come to you for prayer and biblical counsel?
4.Do you find that when you counsel people, God the Spirit gives you wisdom to share with them from Scripture, which they accept as God's truth to them through you?
"To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit" (1 Cor. 12:8).
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