Wisdom

[preface]

to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. Rom 16:27

Of all the attributes of God that we have dealt with up to this point, wisdom is the most complex and difficult to capture. Even our attempts to define the true attribute of God’s love appears to be less complicated than trying to get one’s thoughts around the wisdom of God. After having studied it for years and years, I am convinced that it is impossible for finite man, using finite words, to capture the magnitude and the sheer enormity and wonder of this aspect of God’s nature.

God is not just wise, He is “only” wise and “all” wise. We use the word omnipotent to try to describe the unmeasurable power of God. We will here use the word omniwise to convey the thought that God’s wisdom is beyond measure as well. His wisdom is infinite. It is eternal. It is unfathomable.

When Job posed the question: “But where can wisdom be found?” he answers that it is not found “in the land of the living.” (Job 28:12, 13, NAS).  He continues to tell us all the places it is not found and that it is “hidden from the eyes of every living creature...” (Job 28:21). The chapter then concludes by calling our attention to its source: God Himself.

It would be a mistake to simply see wisdom as some kind of super knowledge or clever proverb or the pithy sayings from the iconic guru on the mountain top. It isn’t the dispensation of ingenious thoughts or secret understanding….

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