Profound

Know what that word means? I've always said that my writing was not deep theological thought. But I have also not defined the word so I may have to rethink what or how I characterize my writing. Profound, according to Webster:

   "having intellectual depth and insight; difficult to fathom or understand;
    characterized by intensity of feeling or quality..."

Not too certain what that tells us. Is wisdom profound? Maybe. But wisdom can also be 'common place' and profound is beyond that. But when I typed into Google search  scripture verses related to profound, I discovered that the verses may or may not have anything that defines the word, many times related to the word - strength. Perhaps, it's a word that is individually defined/discovered.?

Important? Or only a mental exercise? For me, it's important and my journey began in John 14:26

   "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My 
    name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance 
    all that I said to you..."

Then I went to 1 Corinthians 2

   "...your faith should not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of
    God. (v 5)... But God has revealed them (v. 9) to us through His Spirit.
    For the Spirit of God searches all things, yes the deep thing of God." (v.10)
    ...Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the [Holy] Spirit 
    who is from God, so that we may know and understand the [wonderful] 
    things freely given to us by God." (v. 12, AMP)

Seeing a theme? There is one - the Holy Spirit. I'm beginning to think that part of His job is to make the profound understandable. He helps us, reminds us, teaches us, reveals to us the deeper things of God - making the profound part of our wisdom. But I also believe that this is our choice... we can walk in the deeper things of God but it takes our involvement (study, prayer, etc.). Do you want to commit to discovering the profound? If so, then you must take those steps that will allow you to understand.

And yes, I realize that all I've accomplished is a basic start. But... there is a path, there is a person available to help us if we do want to grow, and it is attainable. Read again verse 12 and apply it for yourself. Each new understanding is initially profound because we didn't know. The only caveat I can see in this particular adventure is that we can't become complacent and we should never diminish any new learning but give it an honored place in our understanding.