Grace + Knowledge = Well placed Glory

So we did an exercise at work the other day with all of our outreach staff. We had to make a number of choices for adjectives that best describe us. At the end we added up the total number of choices in each column and we took that math and found out what our color was. I found out that I was a green. Greens are generally perfectionists, have a high variety of interests, they are intelligent(ofcourse!) like gaining wisdom and knowledge in all areas of life, and are always exploring ideas. There were 3 other choices gold, orange and blue. Each of them with different explanations for the way they were.
I can admit that I do like to gain knowledge. Everytime we take on something new here at Betty Griffin House, or I have to speak on another topic I'm not just happy with knowing the material, I try to know everything I can about it. When I prepare a sermon I can't just put together what I see, I have to find out the history and background of the situation that I am preaching on. Gaining knowledge is fun and exciting for me. I even have books on racing, softball, football and all sorts of things that I am involved in because I want to know all that I can about it.
Well there are two things that we can do with knowledge. We can use it in our own lives and the lives of others, or we can hog it and boast about it, much like I did above(but come on you knew I was a genious!)
Here's a verse that explains how I feel about knowledge and my endeavors in that field. 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Here's the deal, if you like knowledge and you strive to gain it all the time. You soon find yourself overwhelmed not by what you know but by what you don't know. If you grow in your knowledge of the Bible you very soon see yourself in a full grace situation. The exercise we did last week with the colors at work showed that one of the biggest weaknesses of the greens(my color) is that they sometimes have a low tolerance for ignorance. Not necessarily people who don't get it, people who don't try to get it. Well, I will confess to those moments of feeling exactly that way towards others. But, think about God. Think about how ignorant we must seem and how little time and effort we put into knowing the things of God.
If you want to find grace, and realize where to put the glory try to study God's Word every day. Strive to know all that the Word of God has to offer and very soon you will grow and understand not only God's grace, but you will readily hand off all glory to God on a regular basis.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!