What does it mean when God gives you discernment?

The fundamental definition for Christian discernment is a decision making process in which an individual makes a discovery that can lead to future action. In the process of Christian spiritual discernment God guides the individual to help them arrive at the best decision.

Is there a difference between discernment and understanding?

As nouns the difference between understanding and discernment. is that understanding is (uncountable) mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature while discernment is the ability to distinguish; judgement.