WISDOM

 

Write From My Heart

June 1, 2021

 

WISDOM  sagacity [i.e., penetrating intelligence] based on knowledge

 

Job 28:20, 23-24, and 28 (NIV)  Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell? … God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells, for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. … And he said to man, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.

 

Ponder this: Humans are finite and as such we follow a linear timeline passing from moment to moment and event to event. We can never return to our past moments, and we have no knowledge of what future moments might hold. We can only live in our present moments. From our limited linear perspective, we try to image a God who knows everything because he can hop, skip, and jump between past, present, and future. However, consider this, God is omnipresent; meaning, he is everywhere always. He is the past, he is the present, and he is the future—time and place hold no restrictions on him. Thus, he alone has true wisdom for he alone views all. We place our confidence in him because he has penetrating intelligence based on knowledge we do not have. And what a comfort that is!