Sensory can be defined as any powers of the body by which a
person is conscious of things; then, we can say these are sensory organs of
smell, sight, hearing, taste and feeling which are the nose, eyes, ear, tongue
and skin. These are the five sensory organs in a human body. So we can still
say that sense is that part of the body concerned in producing sensation as
normal state of the mind; and that is when you say that one is intelligent;
perfect response to stimulus.
Now, having established what sense is all about; let us look
at commonsense in a man as an attribute or quality of wisdom. Deploying the
Holy Bible as a case study to the topic; we know that a sensible person is one
that is capable of proving Himself to be discreet or careful personality, one
who naturally does not give room to chances that might throw him off balance;
especially when it comes to affairs of surviving in life and destiny. We say
that such persons are very wise and careful. This is one of the qualities that distinguished
David from other King’s servant in the King’s palace. One that is careful and
tactful in what He/she says and does is said to be sensible. It was recorded that
David behaved himself wise even when King Saul tried to cease craftiness to
capture him (1 SAMUEL 18:14-23). So he first behaved himself wisely by being
careful; then God backed him up; and he became successful in all he does. Now,
the wisdom to excel comes by being sensible, especially to the moves of the
spirit of God. You can never be faster or sharper than the spirit of God.
Now, the question remains where and how can we apply our
common sense as discretion? PROVERB 22:3 says “A prudent man foresees danger and hides himself but the simple man
pass on and are punished.” Your common sense is that instinct that tells
you the wrong and the right things to do; sometimes you need not anybody to
teach you this wisdom, but the spirit of God will take you through experience
in life to know the right and the wrong ways; as well as things to do. (JEREMIAH 31:31-34), note that
word: “they will no longer teach each
other to know the Lord”, there are things human wisdom can never teach you
except divine wisdom that comes by the spirit of God. And these are basics for
common sense. That is why when one does not have this common sense. He or she
looks stupid to the society at last. The opposite of common sense is foolishness;
in a nutshell, common sense means initiative application and wisdom. This is
why PROVERB 16:16 says “Better to get wisdom than gold,” why? Because wisdom is
a defense just as money is a defense (ECCLESIASTES 7:12) but the Excellency of knowledge
is that wisdom gives life to them that has it. ECCLESIASTES 10:10 says that wisdom helps to achieve success. So, your
common sense is an attribute of wisdom that when you apply it in anything you
are doing; you will actualize effective and productive results. The benefits
you may be getting from any sector of your life
is as a result of the common sense you applied to do something extra
ordinary, especially things that yields financial results and security. So,
your business outfit is an evidence of your common sense and applied initiatives
as well as creativity in career and destiny. Your success in life relies on wisdom
you applied as a man, no wisdom or common sense, no result, why? This is as a
result of planting no seed that will yield result as harvest when the harvest
time comes, and such seed can be an investment opportunity. When you are in a
position to invest your resources and you did not do that, please stop expecting
harvest because you did not plant anything to reap.
Now, we have known how to invest our wisdom; but where should
we invest it? Some invest it in artistic creativities while others invest it in
scientific research and production. But in all, the end product or result is financial
harvest. In conclusion, let us know how to apply our initiatives as well as
when and where to apply it for a daily productive returns; just as it is
written in Mathew 24:45-47; Jesus asked “Who really is the faithful and
discreet servant whom his Master appointed over his domestics, to give them
their food at the proper time? Happy is that servant; if his master on coming
back finds him doing so, true I said to you, he will appoint him over much or
all his belongings. Jesus said in Mathew 24:48 : “but if ever that evil slave
says in his heart, “My master is delaying; and he starts to beat his fellow
slaves and to eat and drink with the confirmed drunkards, the master of that
servant or slave will come on a day that he does not expect and in the hour, he
does not know, and he will punish Him with the greatest severity and will
assign him his place with hypocrite. This is where his weeping and gnashing of
teeth will be, from this illustration Jesus narrated, your common sense will
tell you that we are stewards on this planet earth; to render account to our
master Jesus one day. So, death is imminent but none knows his day of
misfortune; but the wise will always be ready for that. Looking also at the
illustration of the ten (10) virgins, it was recorded the five (5) were wise while
five (5) were foolish: (MATHEW 25:1-13), now what makes them wise? They were
wise because they never gave room to chances that will chance them out of their
glorious destiny; for example: by being lazy to do what they are supposed to do
when opportunity strikes. That means being ready for everything you want to
achieve or execute; don’t say that you don’t have or acquired what it takes to
do anything you want to achieve both in business world and academics as a
destiny. Please stop giving excuses and start doing something, don’t say I am
certificate deficiency and that is the reason I did not get the Job. I did
collect my own certificate because of finances or debt to settle in school, but
I went to the School authorities and got a covered official letter to prove
everything I did with a supporting transcript records as well as supporting
court affidavits that enabled them do that.
In conclusion, the common sense wisdom said that you should
learn to be ready for every opportunity in life and destiny as well as shun
excuses because you are inexcusable for your failure.
ONYIA EMEKA HEATH
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