No amount of effort on a human being's part will yield God's wisdom. It can't be valued or found in the world. It can't be bought and neither the living or the dead can find it.
Wisdom can only be found in God. The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding. Solomon the wisest man on earth searched out this very matter...here is his conclusion.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.--Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
True wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:7; 9:10; 15:33; 19:23). When we honor Him and seek to please Him, He teaches us His wisdom and His way. James tells us that if we lack wisdom we are to ask God for it. He will give it liberally and without reproach. Paul tells us that the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Jesus Christ. (Colossians 2:3)
I discovered this very thing at the moment of my salvation. A veil was lifted off of my eyes and I understood that the true wisdom I needed...the true wisdom I had desired for so long...would be found in Him. All we need for life and godliness is in the Scriptures. Everything we need to know to get through this day and the next can be found in our God.
Oh Father! I stand in awe of You this morning! Be my “go-to”...be the one that I choose to talk to and walk with today. You are awesome and gracious. You are good and always meet me at my point of need. I am so thankful that I can begin and end each day with You. I am so thankful that I can’t lose You...that You are my Emanuel. I am so thankful that You do not change. Oh Father, if I am desperate for anything in this world, make me desperate for You... for in You are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we
may do all the words of this law.--Deuteronomy 29:29
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