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Wisdom
is that attribute of God whereby He produces the
best possible results with the best possible means.
Wisdom and knowledge are not the same, but they
are closely related. Knowledge is acquired by
accumulating facts, but wisdom (chochmah) results
from insight into the things that are studied.
Knowledge is the material out of which wisdom
builds its structure. An uneducated man may be
wiser than the most educated scholar - in fact
they often are! When we speak of God's wisdom,
it means His ability to devise perfect ends and
to achieve those ends by the most perfect means.
God in His wisdom applies His infinite knowledge
so that He attains His goals in a way which glorifies
Him the most. Everything that God does is done
with perfect wisdom, first for His own glory,
and then for the highest good of the greatest
number of His creatures for the longest time.
God sees each thing in its proper relation to
everything else, and so He is able to work toward
His predestined goals with flawless precision.
When we say that God is wise, we are trying to take a word and
fill it with an incomprehensible fullness of meaning. "The
Lord of Hosts has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom
great" (Is. 28:29). "His understanding is
infinite" (Psalm 147:5). There is a secondary wisdom
which God has measured out to each of His creatures. The wisdom
of an ant is not the same as the wisdom of an archangel. But the
wisdom of any creature, or of all creatures together, is
infinitesimally small when compared to the wisdom of God. For
this reason Paul refers to God as the "only wise God"
(Rom. 16:27).
Sometimes we are tempted to think that we could do things
better than God, but that attitude demonstrates how little we
know of the wisdom of God. An infinitely wise God must always
work in a manner that cannot be improved on by His creatures. The
wisest of wise men, like the prophet Daniel, acknowledged this
when he prayed, "wisdom and power belong to
Him... He gives wisdom to wise men, and knowledge to
men of understanding. It is He who reveals the
profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and
the light dwells with Him" (Dan. 2:20-22). Even the
wisest of created beings, the holy angels, who are vastly
intelligent and extremely wise, constantly acknowledge the
superiority of God's wisdom. Yochanan (John) was transported to
heaven, and he heard the voice of many angels before the throne,
worshipping God and saying, "Amen, blessing, and glory
and wisdom and honor and power and might be
to our God forever and ever. Amen" (Rev. 7:11-12).
When the Holy Scriptures use the word "wisdom" when
referring to God and good men, it carries with it a strong moral
connotation. Wisdom is conceived of as being pure, loving and
good. Ya'akov (James), the brother of Messiah, tells us that the
wisdom from above is pure, peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of
mercy and good fruits, unwavering, and without hypocrisy. But
there is another wisdom which is not from above, but is from
below. Wisdom that is mere shrewdness, cunning or cleverness is
attributed to evil men and evil angels, but such wisdom is
treacherous and false. It is earthly, natural, and demonic. The
Scriptures testify that Satan was the anointed cherub who covers,
who had the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in
beauty (Ezekiel 28:12). He still has great wisdom, intelligence,
cunning and shrewdness. One way to understand the history of the
world is as a contest between the wisdom of God and the cunning
of Satan. The outcome of this battle is not in doubt. The
imperfect must eventually fall before the perfect. God has warned
that He will take the wise in their own craftiness and to bring
the understanding of the prudent to nothing. "I will
destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever
I will set aside" (1 Cor. 1:19).
GOD'S WISDOM IS SEEN THROUGHOUT CREATION
God's wisdom is displayed throughout His vast, complex,
organized, and beautiful universe. "It is He who made the
earth by His power, who established the universe by His
wisdom, and by His understanding He stretched out the
heavens" (Jer. 51:15). There is abundant evidence of
God's wise designs throughout the universe. From the hugest
galaxies to the smallest subatomic particles we see the most
wonderful adaptation of means to accomplish the highest good of
God's creatures as well as His own glory.
GOD'S WISDOM IS SEEN IN "ORDINARY" WATER
To help us better appreciate the wisdom of God I'd like to
consider a simple ordinary substance that most of us take for
granted - water - simple, plain, ordinary water. Water can be
touched and felt. It has weight and requires space, but it has no
form of its own. It is tasteless, colorless, transparent, liquid
and buoyant. Water is the most abundant substance on the surface
of the earth. Seventy percent of the world's surface is water.
Our bodies are made mostly of water. A newborn baby consists of
about seventy seven percent water, and an adult about sixty
percent.
THREE KINDS OF WATER
There are not one but three kinds of water. Normal water is made
up of two atoms of hydrogen joined to one atom of oxygen. Why
does this combination of these two gases in this exact
mathematical formula produce a liquid without which life on earth
would be impossible, while these same elements combined in a
slightly different proportion result in a poison? Regular
hydrogen has one proton and no neutron in its nucleus. Besides
regular water there are two other kinds of water. One form is
called deuterium, or "heavy water." The hydrogen
nucleus of heavy water has one proton and one neutron. Tritium
(which is produced only in nuclear reactions), has one proton and
two neutrons in the hydrogen nucleus. Ordinary sea or fresh water
consists of five thousand parts regular water and one part
deuterium.
WATER IS UNIQUE TO EARTH
As far as we know water is found only on planet Earth, the only
place created by God as an abode for man and other living things.
There is no body of water in the solar system or an any other
planet that we know of. Without water there can be no life as we
know it. The most fertile land without water is a desert and
produces nothing. But with water land and lakes and seas can
sustain the millions of kinds of plants and animals native to our
watery planet.
WATER'S MANY USES
Water is probably the most useful substance on earth. Water
carries food to our body's cells. It is crucial in carrying away
the waste that is produced by them. Water helps regulate the
temperature of our bodies and prevents them from getting too hot
or too cold. The loss of ten to twenty percent of the water in
our bodies can result in death. We drink water and we use it in
cooking, heating, putting out fires, and treating diseases. Water
cleanses our homes and our utensils. We bath in it. We swim in
it. We play with it.
Water, when falling downward, can create hydro-electric power,
usable energy to light and heat our homes and power our machines.
Water is the basis of steam power to run our turbines and
engines. Water is almost impossible to compress. It is extremely
hard to squeeze it into a smaller volume. This property makes it
of value in hydraulic machines. Water carries the world's
products in ships to the ends of the earth. Through rivers lakes
and oceans it provides important avenues of transportation. Water
is also used in heating and ventilation, for irrigation and
hydrotherapy, and in photosynthesis. Water refracts light so that
we can see the spectrum of light that forms into a beautiful
rainbow. Frozen water forms a surface as smooth as glass and
provides a magnificent playground for winter sports. There would
be no skiing, no skating, no snowmobiling, no ice fishing, and no
hockey without water.
Water supports all life on earth and yet water is one of the
greatest solvents. More things will dissolve in water than in
almost any other known substance. For this reason pure water is
almost never found in nature. Water in wells, rivers, lakes,
rivers and oceans always contain minerals dissolved from the
earth. Even rainwater, which is the purest form of natural water,
contains many chemicals that are dissolved from the air. Every
river that runs into the ocean carries these minerals in
solution. These minerals help nourish the fish and the other
living things in the seas.
Water is life-giving but it can be incredibly destructive when
it is out of control. Water can uproot giant trees; water can
erode solid rock; it can wear down hills and mountains. It can
wipe out cities; it can destroy entire regions. In fact God once
used water to destroy the entire world. And yet despite its
destructive power there are few things more refreshing than a
cool glass of water.
WATER'S THREE STATES AND MANY FORMS
Water comes to us in three states: liquid, gas and solid, but it
comes in a multitude of ways. It comes to us in liquid forms like
rains, sleet, rivers, streams, lakes, geysers, springs,
waterfalls, wells and oceans. It comes as a solid like ice, hail,
snow, frost, icebergs, huge glaciers miles long, or in tiny
snowflakes. It comes to us as a gas in clouds, dew, fog, steam,
mists, vapor and humidity.
WATER'S UNUSUAL PROPERTIES
Snow is water in a solid form with great beauty and other wonders
designed into it. Because of the laws that God in His wisdom has
designed into creation, every individual snowflake appears in a
specific design and is a creation of exquisite beauty. Usually
snowflakes appear in a star shaped figure based on a hexagon, or
six pointed star. It is not unfair to claim that each snowfall
contains billions of gorgeous little Jewish stars falling down
from the heavens! The delicacy and beauty of these designs if
seen under a microscope, are beautiful beyond description. Snow
is so white that almost nothing else on earth surpasses it in
whiteness.
By God's wisdom water has other unusual properties. Most
substances contract when they freeze. But water does the exact
opposite. When subjected to a temperature below freezing, water
will solidify into ice and become as solid as a mineral. When
water freezes it expands in size. This soft liquid, when it is
frozen, can break through steel or solid rock. That is why it can
break our pipes in winter, and crack our streets and highways.
This weak substance, when frozen into ice, can form a bridge over
rivers and lakes capable of holding tons of weight without the
support of pillars or suspension cables. Consider that six inches
of ice on a lake can support cars and trucks weighing several
tons!
Did you ever wonder why ice forms on the top of lakes and
rivers? You probably took it for granted, but it is most unusual.
If water contracted, as is normal with most other substances, ice
would get heavier than the water it was in and the ice would
sink. But ice forms on the surface of the water, even though cold
water is heavier than warm water and sinks to the bottom. Since a
given weight of ice occupies a greater space than an equal weight
of water, solid ice floats. Because of God's wise design, when
changed into ice, it rises to the surface. Rivers, lakes and
oceans would gradually become frozen blocks of ice, and all the
fish and other water life would die. Eventually there would be
little life in the northern regions if it weren't for this
unusual property of water.
Water has another amazing property called surface tension.
Water molecules cling together to form a type of surface. A solid
metal needle will float when carefully placed on the surface of
water. This tension enables water spiders and certain other
insects to actually "walk on water."
Water displays God's wisdom with its property of specific
heat. Specific heat is a measure of the amount of heat required
to raise the temperature of one gram one degree Celsius. Water
has a higher specific heat than almost any other substance. For
example, it takes 33 times as much heat to raise the temperature
of water one degree centigrade as it takes to raise the
temperature of gold by the same amount. In rising 1 degree
centigrade, water stores 33 times as much heat as gold does. It
gives off 33 times as much heat as gold when it cools. This high
specific heat property of water protects most living things
(which consist mostly of water) from drastic temperature changes.
It also has an important influence on weather and climate. Oceans
and lakes are cooler than nearby land in summer and they help
cool the land. In winter they slowly give off the heat absorbed
in summer and help to warm the land. Currents of warm and cool
ocean water greatly modify temperatures in some parts of the
earth.
THE WATER CYCLE
The earth's great water system, the great oceans, the clouds over
our heads, the showers of rain, the rivers and lakes of the
world, truly display the wisdom of God. "He gives rain on
the earth, and sends waters on the fields" (Job 5:10).
There is an endless circulation of the world's water through the
water cycle. It is vitally important for climate and life on
earth. Without the evaporation and condensation of water the land
would consist mostly of swamps and deserts. Lakes and oceans
would be stagnant, and the earth would be uninhabitable. The
wisdom of God's magnificent waterworks system becomes even more
wonderful when we consider that most of the world's rain comes
from the oceans. Ocean water is saline. It is a mixture of
minerals and salts, making it unfit for drinking or irrigation
purposes. Before this water can be used it must be desalinated.
Here is what happens: the heat from the sun vaporizes the water
of the ocean and other bodies of water and converts it into a
gaseous form. It is then raised into the atmosphere where the
microscopic particles of water are collected, cooled and
condensed into clouds. Clouds are really gigantic reservoirs of
water floating over our heads, created by the energy of the sun
on sea water. The clouds are then pushed over the land by the
force of the winds. When the temperature and other atmospheric
conditions are right, these huge reservoirs of water begin to
discharge their load of billions of tons of water, not in one
mighty Niagara Falls, but in a gentle sprinkle of refreshing
rain, tenderly washing the dust from the delicate petals of
flowers and bringing life giving moisture to the plants and
animals.
Its true that man has accomplished the desalinization of salt
water, but it is very expensive and only produces a relatively
little amount. Some cities have desalinization plants, but they
are used mostly for drinking water. But what man is able to do in
the most limited way, God in His unfathomable wisdom is able to
do in a much better way and on a much larger scale. The forces
involved in the production of a single cloud or shower of rain
that we take for granted is so enormous that it is a miracle
beyond all comprehension. One physicist estimated that in order
to produce four inches of rain over an area of 10,000 square
miles, it would require the burning of 640,000,000 tons of coal
to evaporate enough water for such a rain! To cool the vapors
that were produced and condense it into clouds would require
another 800 million horsepower of refrigeration working day and
night for 100 days! (The state of Michigan has 58, 216 square
miles, more than five times as much land area as the above
example).
It is estimated that the average farmer receives annually,
free of charge, more than 400,000 gallons of water for every acre
of his land. The annual rainfall of the states of the Midwest is
almost equal to all the water in the Great Lakes! This entire
process is governed by God's wise laws, so that the given
rainfall in one area is just about the same every year. God in
His wisdom makes this possible year after year to make our lives
livable and the prosperity that we have achieved possible. Paul
reminded the people of Lystra that God did them good and gave
them rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying their
hearts with food and gladness (Acts 14:17).
Furthermore, all these complex operations are automatic. They
have their own power source and require no engineer to regulate
them. There is no wear and tear in the mechanism, and no cost for
upkeep or repair. They cause no noise or air pollution. There is
no burning of fuels, no breaking or rusting of pipes; their
mechanism operates without ceasing and has never stopped since
the day they were put into place by their Creator.
God must love water. He created so much of it. It accomplishes
so much. It comes to us in so many different ways, with such
beauty and unusual properties custom crafted by a Master Creator.
No wonder that Messiah Yeshua compared Himself to "living
water." He and He alone is able to cleanse, wash, refresh,
and give life. He and He alone is able to quench the thirst of
every soul that is thirsty for God.
When we get to heaven, the New Jerusalem, the eternal dwelling
place of God and man, it should come as no surprise that water
will have a prominent place even there. The river of life, which
is clear as crystal, pure, refreshing, and life giving, comes
from the throne of God and the Lamb and runs through the middle
of the capital of the new universe! In fact one way to understand
the Hebrew word for "heaven" is a derivative of two
other Hebrew words: "sham" - "there" and
"mayim" - "water". Heaven can mean
"water there.
"Ordinary" water - we so often take it for granted.
And yet this mysterious substance truly demonstrates the wisdom
of God. It could not have come into existence by itself and out
of nothing without an incredibly wise designer. Therefore the
Psalmist can write: Praise Him highest heavens and the waters
that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord
for He commanded and they were created... Praise the Lord fire
and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, praise Him, fulfilling
His word (Psalm 148:4-5, 8). Water is just one example of the
wisdom of God. But it praises Him and fulfills His Word. Do you?
GOD'S WISDOM IS SEEN IN HIS PROVIDENCE
God's providence is His continuous activity throughout His
universe. God has a vast comprehensive plan that embraces
everything that comes to pass. God has determined from eternity
whatever will come to pass, and He works His will according to
this predetermined plan. Throughout the course of Israel's, the
Church's and the world's history, we see evidence of the
controlling power of God, making all things work together for His
glory, the best interests of His people, and the promotion of His
Kingdom. This is declared in Psalm 33:10-11: "The Lord
nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of
the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of
His heart from generation to generation."
Out of His knowledge of all things actual and possible, the
Almighty chose by an act of His perfect will, motivated by His
good and wise considerations, what He wanted to bring into
existence, and formed His eternal purpose and counsel, which
includes us. We 'have been predestined according to His
purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will"
(Eph. 1:11). The Lord God takes everything into consideration
before it happens. That is why He can cause all things to work
together for the good of those who love Him, who are called
according to His purpose.
There may be a great deal in God's counsel that passes human
understanding, but it contains nothing that is irrational or
arbitrary. God formed His master plan with wisdom, knowledge and
understanding, and with perfect goodness and love in His heart.
Many men throughout the centuries have declared that they are
unable to believe in the wisdom of God, which is pure and good.
There is so much in the world that appears to be so wrong. It is
obvious to most thinking persons that this is not the best
possible world. Most of us can imagine a world that would be
better than this one. The inspired writers of Scripture insist
that the whole creation groans and travails under the mighty
shock of the Fall. Ours is a world that is reeling under the blow
of a terrible calamity. No, this is not the best possible world.
But I would suggest that one day we will all discover that
this was the best way to the best possible world. We are to
have faith and hope because when the hour of Messiah's triumphant
return arrives, this suffering world will be brought into the
glorious freedom of the sons of God. Then the restoration of all
things will take place. The dead will be raised. Suffering and
sorrow will flee away, and God will wipe every tear away from our
eyes. The golden age is not in the past but in the future, and
when it comes, the entire universe will see that God has abounded
toward us in all wisdom. Until that day comes, those with faith
are to believe that no matter how things look in this fallen
world, all of God's works are done in perfect wisdom. In spite of
all the tears, pain, suffering and death, we are to believe that
the God who made us is wise, and knows exactly what He is doing.
We must trust Him even if we don't understand everything that He
allows to happen. With the goodness of God to desire our highest
welfare, the wisdom of God to plan it, and the power of God to
accomplish it, how can we lose?
GOD'S WISDOM IS SEEN IN REDEMPTION IN MESSIAH
Not only do the wonders of creation, and the way He is working
out His providence flow out of the infinite fullness of God's
wisdom, but His greatest wisdom is displayed in Messiah. He has
already made known to us His great master plan, which will be put
into effect when the times have reached their fulfillment. This
plan, which includes creation and is guided by providence, is to
bring all things in heaven and on earth together under the
leadership of Messiah Yeshua (Eph. 1:9-10). It is through Messiah
Yeshua that God has determined to manifest to all the
principalities and powers His multi-faceted wisdom (Eph.
3:10-11). Messiah Yeshua is the very heart and center of the
eternal wisdom, counsel, plan, will and wisdom of God. No wonder
that He is a mystery beyond human understanding.
You don't understand how the Eternal One was able to manifest
Himself in human form? Is it difficult for you to understand the
incarnation or Messiah's death on the cross? You think that God
should have accomplished mankind's redemption some other way? The
incarnation of the Son of God in human flesh was one of God's
wisest deeds, even if it seems foolish to most men. "For
since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not
come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of
the message preached to save those who believe" (1 Cor.
1:21). Perfect atonement was accomplished through the Messiah
with the same flawless skill that marks all of God's acts.
However little we understand it, Messiah's incarnation, suffering
and death, and His resurrection from the dead perfectly
reconciled men to God and opened up Malchut Shamayim (the Kingdom
of Heaven), to all who believe.
Most of us don't understand the physical universe very well.
The majority of us can't explain the workings of an atom. We
don't know the complexities of a simple substance like water.
Most of us can't fix our own cars. We don't know how the pyramids
were built. We don't understand how a seed grows. We don't
understand why a baby takes its first breath. We don't comprehend
how our TV's work. And you expect to comprehend the mystery of
God (Col. 2:2) and the mystery of Messiah (Eph. 3:4), the mystery
of the kingdom of God (Mark 4:11), the mystery of Israel (Rom.
11:25) and the Church (Eph. 3:9), the mystery of the Good News
(Eph. 6:19), or the mystery of the Faith (1 Tim. 3:9)? Foolish
creature! The sharpest eyes of the wisest angel being cannot
discover a flaw in any of the ways of God. And you expect to know
the mysteries of God in the incarnation and comprehend everything
that happened at the crucifixion? No human being is capable of
understanding all that happened in the incarnation and at the
cross. These are things which even the angels don't fully
understand - things into which they long to look.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO GET WISDOM
While it is impossible for God to gain new wisdom, since He has
all wisdom already, it is possible for created beings to grow in
wisdom. There are many enticements in the Word of God that
encourage us to make the acquisition of wisdom one of our highest
priorities. We are to acquire wisdom and understanding (Prov.
4:5). We are to make our ear attentive to wisdom, and get wisdom
and instruction (Prov. 23:23). We are encouraged to present to
Him a heart of wisdom (Psalm 90:12). Wisdom brings with it many
advantages (Ec. 7:11). Wisdom gives protection just as money
provides protection (Ec. 7:12). With wisdom there is power (Prov.
8:14). Wisdom is better than strength (Ec. 9:16). Wisdom is
better than jewels. All desirable things can not compare to
wisdom (Prov. 8:11). Wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors
(Ec. 7:12). He who finds wisdom finds life and obtains favor from
the Lord, but those who ignore wisdom injure themselves and love
death (Prov. 8:35-36).
HOW TO GET WISDOM
Be aggressive in your search for wisdom: Be diligent to
attain it. Make it a priority. Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
and incline your heart to understanding. Cry out for discernment,
and lift your voice in prayer for understanding. Seek for wisdom
as you would money, and search for wisdom as you would for buried
treasure. Wisdom says: I love those who love me, and those who
diligently seek me will find me. If you diligently seek for
wisdom God's promise to you is that you will discover the
knowledge of God (Prov. 2:2-5). We need to be more like king
Solomon. One night the Lord God appeared to him and said, "ask
what I shall give you." Because Solomon's request was
for wisdom and knowledge, and not for riches, wealth, or honor,
or the death of his enemies, wisdom and knowledge was granted to
him. And God was so pleased with Solomon's choice of wisdom above
all else, He also added riches, wealth, and honor such as none of
the kings who were before him possessed, nor those came after him
(2 Chron. 1:7-12). The Lord was pleased with Solomon's prayer,
and Solomon became the wisest of all men (except for the One who
is greater than Solomon). Make Solomon's prayer for wisdom above
all else your own.
Renounce your natural wisdom and accept the infinite wisdom
of God: The foolishness of God is wiser than men. Do not seek
to be wise in your own eyes, because with the humble there is
wisdom (Prov. 11:2). Our insistence to figure out everything by
ourselves on our own can get us in terrible trouble. In all your
ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Those
who do have His promise: "I will lead the blind by a way
they do not know, in paths they do not know I will guide them. I
will make darkness into light before them and rugged places into
plains. These are the things I will do, and I will not leave them
undone" (Isaiah 42:16). God encourages us to trust Him
even when we walk in the dark. Many of God's mightiest deeds have
been done in the dark. When God created the heavens and the
earth, darkness was on the surface of the deep. When the Son of
God became man, He was for a time in the darkness of Miriam's
womb. When He died for the life of the world, it was in the
darkness. When He arose from the dead, it was still dark (John
20:1). It is as if He is saying, "there is much that I do
that you cannot see. Trust Me because I am the One who forms
light and creates darkness. I see perfectly in the light, even
though it is dark for you." Humble your limited human
understanding and believe what God in His wisdom has revealed in
His holy Word.
b>Read the Bible: God's Word is full of the Wisdom of
God. Read it regularly and especially meditate on the wisdom
books of the Bible, like Job, Ecclesiastes, and the book of
Proverbs.
Fear God: Take the Lord and everything connected to Him
- His Word, His Body, His Holy Things and His representatives,
with the utmost seriousness and respect. "The fear of the
Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Develop a heathy
respect for God and those things connected with Him. Don't joke
about the things of God. Give them the proper respect and treat
them with the proper seriousness that they deserve.
b>Pray: There are many situations that we will face in
life that we are not wise enough to handle on our own. We are
encouraged to pray to God for wisdom with this wonderful promise:
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who
gives to all men generously and without reproach, and it will be
given to him" (James 1:5).
Seek out wise counsel: "The mouth of the
righteous utters wisdom (Psalm 37:30). Wisdom is in the
presence of the one who has understanding" (Prov.
17:24). Wisdom comes from listening to wise counsel, even advice
that you might not want to hear. Truth is often painful to us.
Our natural tendency is to try and avoid it. In our society the
norm is doing what is comfortable, and what feels good. Often you
will hear people saying, "I have to do what is best for
me." Rarely will you hear someone say, "I have to do
what is best," or "I have to do what is best in the
sight of God no matter the consequences." Most people have
no commitment to endure hardship, which is often involved in
making the right choice. You must be open to listening to wise
counsel that encourages you to do the right thing, and not the
convenient or comfortable thing. It is the path of wisdom to
listen to what you need to hear, even though it may be hard for
you to hear. Make a commitment to do what is right, not what is
comfortable or convenient. Commit yourself to listen to wise
counsel even if it is painful. "Wisdom is found in the
way of righteousness and in the paths of justice," not
in the way of personal comfort and convenience (Prov. 8:20). Seek
out a wise counselor who will tell you the things you need to
hear, and not necessarily the things you want to hear, and you
will find that with those who receive counsel is wisdom
(Prov. 13:10).
Receive Messiah Yeshua: Above all, seek out the wisest
of all men, the One who is greater in wisdom than Solomon. He is
the Wonderful Counselor, and He gives the greatest wisdom. Isaiah
the prophet informed us that on Messiah would rest the Spirit
of the Lord, the Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, the Spirit
Of Counsel and Strength, the Spirit of Knowledge and the fear of
the Lord (Isaiah 11:2). Rabbi Paul wrote that Messiah
became to us wisdom from God (1 Corinthians 1:24). Accept Him
and you will receive His Spirit of wisdom. Believe in Him and you
will start to begin to understand God's mystery, that is Messiah,
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
(Col. 2:2-3). Wise men still seek Him. Why not you?
I am indebted
to A.W. Tozer's book, The Knowledge of the
Holy, and Alfred Rehwinkel's The Wonders
Of Creation, for this article.
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