Intelligence is fundamentally spiritual in nature and by default divine in origin. This statement may sound unusual or even controversial to those conditioned by secular educational paradigms that treat intelligence as merely a function of genetics, brain chemistry, and environmental conditioning.

But if we are to understand the original concept of how God has ordained and designed humanity to function, we must recover this foundational truth: we cannot effectively function without intelligence, and true intelligence is not merely biological or psychological, it is spiritual.

When we speak of intelligence in the biblical sense, we are referring to spiritual intelligence, the capacity to perceive, understand, and respond to reality as it actually is, not merely as it appears to natural perception. This involves accessing dimensions of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding that transcend the limitations of empirical observation and rational deduction.

Spirituality, in its true definition and essence, is a reflection of intelligence. To be spiritual means to know, to possess knowledge that originates beyond the material realm. It means to have access into realities, truths, and dimensions that are closed to those operating solely from natural human perspective. It means to have understanding that penetrates beneath the surface of circumstances to discern root causes, spiritual dynamics, and divine purposes. It means to see things in a manner that is not limited to natural human perspective, to perceive with prophetic clarity, apostolic authority, and the mind of Christ.

When we understand this foundational reality and then link it to the God-kind of intelligence, we are speaking of a dimension of knowledge, wisdom, and understanding that operates from a higher dimension of existence—from the throne room of heaven, from the eternal counsel of the Godhead, from the infinite wisdom of the Creator who knows the end from the beginning.