An ode to wisdom.
Before the creation of all that we know, there was something else,
wisdom. It is by wisdom that all things
come to be. We sought and seek wisdom in
and from created things when it is readily available to us from the
source. We believe that Jesus is the
wisdom of God revealed, the Truth, the righteousness of God, through whom and
for whom all things were created. We are
told over and again that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. In Jesus, we are invited to follow Him, to
allow Him to take up His abode in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, to live
in Him and for Him. The pursuit of
wisdom is the pursuit of Jesus. Wisdom
is two-fold, however, knowing and doing are inextricably bound up
together. Knowing and not doing is the
opposite of wisdom and it is also called sin.
The wisdom of God is folly to the world. Paul was clear about that in 1
Corinthians. Jesus, knowing that Judas
went to betray Him, knowing that the future was the cross, says that now the
Son of Man is glorified and God glorified in Him. He could have stopped Judas, He could have
told them all what Judas intended and they would have made certain it didn't
happen. He didn't have to let this happen
this way at least, but it was the Father's will and it was all according to
plan. To stop Judas would have been wise
in the eyes of the world but not in the eyes of the Father. The Father and the Son were to be glorified
in a very strange way, by Jesus being crucified, cursed according to
Leviticus. If we would have wisdom we
must seek it from Him and not from the world.
Wisdom is submitting to the will of God, no matter what it means for us.
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