Proverbs 20:5 says, “The purposes of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.”
What is purpose? Myles Monroe states that purpose is the original in-tention for the creation of a thing. Purpose is the need that makes a manufacturer produce a specific product therefore purpose precedes production. Purpose is the expectation of the source. When you dis-cover your purpose you discover your potential.
The phrase “draws them out” is a form of speech known as an idiom. The literal Hebrew refers to a bucket that is dangled or lowered into a well to draw out water. So the original language uses a play on words, referring to deep waters (purposes of the heart) and a bucket lowered to “draw them out.”
This same Hebrew word for purposes is translated in other verses as plans, advice, counsel, strategy and prediction. A loose paraphrase of this verse emphasizing the meaning of this Hebrew word could be, “The guidance needed to make decisions and plan for the future God has ordained within a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.”
God has put His purposes in your heart. And they are like deep waters. You will need to be a man or woman of understanding to draw them out.
