Thursday Reading: Job 28 20-28
Key Verse: Job 28 28
28 And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!
Key Verse: Job 28 28
28 And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!
Devotion:
The difference between God’s wisdom and our wisdom is much more than anything we can think of. We may like to think of it as being the difference between a toy car and a real car, but in reality it cannot be described by us because we simply do not know the depth of it. Job began to see the vast difference between earthly wisdom and Godly wisdom when his friends tried to explain what God was allowing into his life. To put it quite simply, they could not explain anything because they lacked the understanding!
The difference between God’s wisdom and our wisdom is much more than anything we can think of. We may like to think of it as being the difference between a toy car and a real car, but in reality it cannot be described by us because we simply do not know the depth of it. Job began to see the vast difference between earthly wisdom and Godly wisdom when his friends tried to explain what God was allowing into his life. To put it quite simply, they could not explain anything because they lacked the understanding!
When we try to explain things from God’s view, or try to explain things that God has done, we will always fall short of the mark. But, having said that, God has given us a source of wisdom that is enough for us. The gospel has been written so that we will be able to understand as much as we need to. He has given us enough instruction so that we will be able to understand that He is our God and that we need to depend on Him because of His infinite wisdom. Adam and Eve were tempted to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; they were thrown out of the garden to ensure that they did not disobey God and try the fruit from the tree of knowledge. God does not want us to have to cope with that sort of wisdom nor to want it.
To fear the Lord is to behold His wisdom and recognise that He alone has the capacity for such wisdom. When we understand that then we may seek that wisdom that He gives to us; that being all that which is held in His Word. That wisdom is hid in Christ, revealed by the gospel, received by us through our faith and through the Holy Spirit. That wisdom will not feed pride, greed, vanity nor lust because it is there to exercise our faith. It teaches and instructs us to fear God, depart from evil and to depend on Him. That is the beginning of wisdom that we can know.
Points to Ponder:
Where do you go to learn things?
Where do you go to learn things?
How much do you depend on your bible for instruction?