This seems like an odd statement: "The beginning of
wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight." It is indeed true though, wisdom is rarely
accidentally required and even then it is most often painfully acquired in this
way. To seek wisdom, to know the way of
things, sets in motion that which is beneficial for life. What is wisdom? We have to begin in the right place if we're
going to get real wisdom. We can get
wisdom in business, wisdom in interpersonal relationships, wisdom in a great
many areas of life from a great many sources but doesn't it make sense to get
wisdom from the one who created all things.
This is yet another reason the idea of a creator is important. If there is a creator there is an ultimate
and eternal source of wisdom while if there is not a creator all statements of
wisdom are subject to revision based on circumstances. Worldly wisdom can carry us so far in this
life but it cannot get us to the next life, eternal life. If our goal is to be healthy, wealthy and
wise in this life we can get that wisdom anywhere but if our goal is to live
godly lives that glorify Him, we need to get wisdom from Him.
All the mourners even believe Jesus could have saved Lazarus
from dying. It was a compliment but
there was also a criticism contained in their words. Why hadn't He come? Didn't He love Lazarus, Mary and Martha
enough to respond to their summons? No one
believes that Jesus can do anything now and we know that because of Martha's
response to His command to open the tomb.
Death is accompanied by decay, and Martha knows it. You don't open the tomb on the fourth day, as
the KJV said, He stinketh. At His
command, Lazarus comes forth from the tomb, bound in graveclothes. Who would have believed such a thing were
possible? No one at all. Wisdom is all in knowing who this man truly
is.
The wisdom of God is revealed in the love of God and in
loving others we reveal that same wisdom.
We show that we understand what it means that not only we, but all
humankind, is created in the image of God and in loving others we love God's
image, just as He has done in dying for us.
Wisdom is accepting fully and living into the truth of the cross, that
Jesus isn't just a good man dying unjustly, He is taking on sin, the sin of the
whole world, and offering Himself as a sacrifice to the Father for propitiation
of sin. Wisdom is knowing that the
resurrection tells us that His offering was acceptable to the Father. Wisdom is
knowing that sets us free from fear of what this world might do to us, the fear
of not fitting in, and the fear of death.
Wisdom is following the one who is acceptable to God.
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