John 13:17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Matthew 5:8, 5:48 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 11:29~30 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” In most cases, people act first without finding out [the truth] because their hearts race and because the circumstances and situations press them [to act]. Even if they know, they have only partial knowledge at the time when they take action. As a result; they make mistakes; get hurt; get into a fight; suffer losses in money or time; get harmed unnecessarily from worries, concerns and anxiety; or even die. So the
Lord said, “Make sure you act with knowledge. Don’t act before you know [the whole thing]. Whatever you do, first find out [the details] pertaining to the matter and the people. Afterward, discern and judge 100% [correctly] whether or not you should act upon it.” With knowledge, you can immediately discern and judge whether it is something you should do or not. Figuring it out may cost you time or cause you to delay. Still, find out the detailed, clear, and certain information.
Don’t just depend on what you hear. Measure it with a ruler and weigh it on a scale. If the subject is gold, verify whether its inside is also genuine gold, or if it’s just gold on the outside, by throwing it into a furnace and melting it. You should first find out the truth about all objects as well as people. [Take] one, two, or three months, or even one year before getting into a real deal.
If you go out to war and engage in battle before you study your enemy thoroughly, you will lose and be destroyed. You will be annihilated. If you don’t know people you deal with on the battlefield of daily life, you may suffer and fail. You may be harmed, lose confidence, lose heart, and fall into anguish. See those who made reckless decisions and failed, before they got back on their feet again. They thoroughly investigate about people and verify everything about what they plan to do, before they launch out. Whether you are about to start a business, commerce, or whatever it may be, check and verify completely about its fundamental details before getting into it. There are more than ten aspects to verify about one matter. You need to check on all sides. Never believe or judge only by what you hear.
There are laws that God instituted for humankind. Therefore, [we] should absolutely know about God. We certainly need the knowledge of God, the Holy Spirit, and the Lord. We have to know Their heart, and how They connect with human beings, as Divine Spirits.
If the Lord answered whoever called on Him, every person of the world would be able to talk with Him. The Lord does not answer if your prayer does not please His heart. It is crucial for [you] to know the Lord’s heart. People are different from one another. Even among those who do the same work for the Lord, the way they know the Lord’s heart and the way they treat Him are all different from one another. Do you ask, “Why?” It’s because each person has walked a unique path of life. The Lord’s help, His work, and His will upon us vary from person to person. Grace is also given in various ways. Acknowledge what the Lord has given you and deal with Him with that knowledge. The Lord deals with each person in a completely different way. There are laws for the spirit. The laws of God, the laws of the Holy Spirit, and the laws of the Lord were created to stand forever without being broken. Therefore, [human beings] must absolutely comply with the reasonable law for spirits, the law of God, in order to be joined with God in heart, to meet and talk with the Lord, and to see great wonders take place.
Among the graces of the Holy Spirit, there is ‘the grace of knowledge.’ You absolutely have to have knowledge, wisdom and understanding about yourself; knowledge about the world. The Lord said, “You must know about God, about the Holy Spirit, and about Me. Seek, call and pray with knowledge. Then you will be connected.” People may do something because they want it really earnestly, but later on they may realize that not even one hundredth fraction of it was God’s will. People start doing it with firm belief that 90% or more of it is God’s will. Many things are totally away from God’s will; so make sure you know before executing it. It may seem that you need to lay your hand on all 100 things of the world, but when you find out the truth, what you really need to get into is actually only a couple of them. Therefore, when 100 people challenge to succeed, only a few of them thrive [in reality.] If you started doing something without proper knowledge about it and later realized that you shouldn’t have started the work and regret—either in the middle of the process or after it’s finished—it will be too late. Therefore, before doing something, spend one tenth of the time [that may be required for its completion] in obtaining thorough information about it. Speak with knowledge! Act with knowledge! The Lord knows everything correctly. Even if it seems to delay you, pray deeply, ask the Lord, know correctly, and then act.