Wisdom Of God Versus The Wisdom Of One Person
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God???
(1 Corinthians 3:19).
During my Bible reading this week I began to reflect on how little any one person knows and how limited one person’s wisdom is. Each of us have some insights, knowledge and wisdom, but it is usually fairly narrow – limited to our sphere of influence.? Our world.? We are good at what we do and have gained wisdom and foresight regarding our special interests and experience.? But if we were suddenly placed in a new, unfamiliar leadership position or found ourselves in a foreign city unable to speak the language, not knowing know how to even find a bathroom, we would be hard pressed.? Our knowledge and experience would not help us.? We would need someone to help us.
When I consider the? six billion people in the world – each having wisdom about life in their world – I realized how little wisdom each of us as individuals possess. Next to zero.
Now then, think about the wisdom of God.? He knows everything and is all wise.? Even if we added all the compiled wisdom of everyone in the world and measured it against God’s wisdom, it would be almost nothing.
Remember the “wise advice??? Job’s friends gave him when he had lost everything – his children, everything he owned and even his health.? They thought they were very wise. Job himself questioned God about why this disaster happened to him.? God was not impressed by any of them.? Read Job 38 to 41.
What is wisdom?? The Bible tells us, “The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom???? (Proverbs 1:7). When we begin to recognize that our life is about God, not about us -? that is the beginning of wisdom.
How do we get more wisdom?? One way is to read God’s Word – learn from Him.
“Nothing is perfect except your words.? Oh, I how I think about them all day long. They make me wiser than my enemies, because they are my constant guide. They make me even wiser than the aged???? (Psalms 119: 96 – 100).
Fear God. Know God by reading His word and obey. Next time you think you are wiser in your eyes, remember, you may be knowledgeable and have some insights in your small world, but compared to total wisdom, you? (and I) know little.? And even if we added all of our combined wisdom – compared to God’s, it is still? nothing.
God, build in us a healthy fear and reverence for you.? Cause us to soak up the wisdom of your Word – the only perfect words.? Amen.
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