Where is Wisdom? Part 3 of 3
Well, we get to land the plane this week in our search for wisdom. We have established the fact that man doesn’t really know its value, that we often look for it in the wrong places and that our adversary does not want us to have it. In light of all that, where do we turn?
The final passage of Job tells us:
Job 28:20 Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is this place of understanding?23 “God understands its way,
And He knows its place.
24 For He looks to the ends of the earth;
He sees everything under the heavens.
25 When He imparted weight to the wind,
And assessed the waters by measure,
26 When He made a limit for the rain,
And a course for the thunderbolt,
27 Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.
28 And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
There are several key truths from this passage that help us understand the source of wisdom:
God demonstrates His own wisdom and power through the design of the natural world. I love the prose that the author used to describe God’s process of creation. He “imparted weight to the wind; “assessed the waters by measure;” “made a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt.” These words help us understand the greatness and power of God.
We’ll never fully understand the mind of God.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, so that we may follow all the words of this Law.
While specific aspects of God’s wisdom may not be revealed to us, the path to wisdom is to revere God and avoid sin. God has provided us his “revealed will” through scripture. In other words, we are responsible for that aspect of God’s will because he has revealed it to us in the 66 books of the Bible. Reverence and obedience lead us to wisdom.
He gives wisdom to those who ask for it.
James 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him
Now we know the source of wisdom, that it is in limitless supply and we obtain it through our reverence for God and obeying his commands. A pretty clear cut path I might say…
Stay hungry,
Big E
Matt. 5:6