To depart from evil is understanding

And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
And to depart from evil is understanding.’ ” – Job 28.28

What is the ultimate test of godly wisdom and understanding? Who do we know how well we are doing with what God wants us to know? What is the outside manifestation of true inner wisdom?

‘To depart from evil us understanding.’

The real test of understanding the word of God is what we do from evil. Sadly, it seems like a lot of Christians are willing to associate with evil if it seems necessary. Evil should have no place in our lives. We should not tolerate or associate with or condone or excuse evil in any regard. If we understand the word of God we, like Job, will ‘eschew’ evil.

If we truly understand God and His word we hate evil we hate it. We don’t excuse it. We don’t tolerate it. We don’t pragmatically make light of it. We don’t accept evil in our lives and don’t accept it is society.

We live in a broken world. Evil is everywhere. We live here and shake the salt and shine the light. We don’t side up with evil. To depart from evil is to show God's wisdom. We can't work with evil to accomplish God's will.