Head Knowledge vs. Heart Knowledge

“Head Knowledge” it is what we hear and learn every Sunday, every Wednesday, every time the church doors are open. Good things to know; but seemingly not of much use, but of much purpose. It is easy to sit and listen to what the Pastor brings us every Sunday. Sit and nod our heads in agreement. Sit and say: “Amen” And then do nothing with it. It is very important what we hear, what we read. We need it. Maybe not that day or the next, but we need it. This head knowledge is important.

For it isn’t until the trials in our lives come upon us that we choose to take this head knowledge and apply it. Apply it in the way God has intended. It is during these trials, these dark and desperate times in our life that we choose to take what we have heard and learned and use it. It is in these times that the “head knowledge” becomes “heart knowledge”. When the written Word of God becomes the known and tangible Breath of God.

The word of God is a very active and motion filled entity. To hoard it, to keep it in an inactive state, to keep it only in our heads is to do this entity a great injustice. It is when we share it, when we put it to action, when we move it from our heads to our hearts we fulfill its very purpose. When this head knowledge becomes heart knowledge it is then that we fully start to understand this God Breathed Word. Let us not wait for those trials, those dark times to apply this head knowledge. Let us now apply what we are hearing, learning and reading to our lives and more importantly to the lives of others. So that this written Word of God can become the Tangible Breath of God not only to us but to those in desperate need of the Truth and the freedom that comes with it.

-Allison Laster