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Intelligence -- the natural ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills -- is a wonderful gift. Who doesn't wish he had more of it? It can't be bought or acquired, but it can, sadly, be despised and neglected. Are you using it? Push your intelligence to it's limits. Don't be satisfied with mediocre efforts. Don't lose yourself in bewailing what you lack of it, but make the best of what you have. Intelligence is a wonderful gift -- but only if you use it!
Knowledge, on the other hand, is not a gift. It is something you must actively seek, and for which you must be willing to pay. No knowledge is free. To acquire knowledge you must be wiling to invest time (and maybe other resources) -- but the results will certainly be rewarding. You can never have too much of it (although it will, sometimes, put terrible burdens on your shoulders). With knowledge comes responsibility to yourself and your neighbours. But knowledge also brings freedom (even to those who are in chains!). Knowledge is a wonderful prize -- so go for it!
"And yet I show unto you a more excellent way" -- the way of wisdom. Lord Chesterfield said: "In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it -- thou art a fool." Oh, how vast is the number of intelligent and knowledgeable fools around us. Intelligence seems to have soared to new heights; knowledge, in this on-line age, is rapidly becoming ubiquitous; but where is wisdom? King Solomon wrote: "For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it ... How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! ... Wisdom is better than strength ... Wisdom is better than weapons of war."
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom" (Proverbs 4:7).
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