Prov. 14:15 (NKJV), “The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his steps.”
The root Hebrew definition of “simple” means “hole for a post.” A hole made for inserting something. So, the above verse is saying that someone who believes every word is “a hole made for inserting something.” Huh?
I read this definition this morning and then went to lunch and I felt the Lord tell me, “A hole is something that needs to be filled. Something in lack.” The obvious sounds humorous as I am writing it, but when I heard the words they were quickened in my spirit which is different than reading Webster’s dictionary.
This is what I am reminded of when I heard those words:
Ephesians 1:10, “That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:”
Col. 2:9, “For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
Someone whom Proverbs would say is ‘simple’ is someone who is in lack of the knowledge and revelation of the truth. They are someone who does not know the truth that is only in Jesus1, God’s only Son.
The purpose of our bodies is to be filled and full of God by His Spirit through grace by faith. In Christ, our bodies are the temple of His Spirit.
When I got back to my car, my eyes saw this “lack” or “hole” everywhere. I saw it in the tape cassette and cd player in my car. The car ignition. An electrical power outlet.
These things and the like are not in their purpose until they come in correlation with what they are purposed to be with.
As a believer, my purpose is to be filled by grace, with His Spirit, will, love and truth.
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