EPISODE 398 – THE FELLOWSHIP AND SOURCE OF TRUE WISDOM 3

THE FELLOWSHIP AND

SOURCE OF TRUE WISDOM 3

“For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.” 

Proverbs 2:6 (KJV)

Until you understand the value of Pure Wisdom you may not know how impossible it is to access it outside God.

You are being reminded and concientized through these episodes, that you will fully understand this truth that Pure Wisdom can only be accessed in God.

There are times when people hear or read things like this and only see it as a mere form of religious fanatism.

As I mentioned previously, the created things depict the creative handiwork of Wisdom but not the embodiment of Wisdom.

Just as all things have their original source, God is the originality of True Wisdom.

The Wisdom of God is transfused into you when you fully set your heart on God.

Because men have cultured their minds toward religious mysticism, they don’t embrace the simplicity of divine things. They will rather prefer complex rituals through complex means to attain great Wisdom. Yet God through His Word has revealed the root and embodiment of His Wisdom.

Take a look at how Job establishes the reality that, you can enjoy the fellowship of Wisdom only in God, for He alone is the source of Wisdom.

See Job 28 (NKJV):

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.” v 1

“That path no bird knows, nor has the falcon’s eye seen it. The proud lions have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it.” v 7-8

“Man does not know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
It cannot be purchased for gold, nor can silver be weighed for its price.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
Neither gold nor crystal can equal it, nor can it be exchanged for jewelry of fine gold.
No mention shall be made of coral or quartz,
For the price of wisdom is above rubies.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.” v 13 – 19

“It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air.
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’” v. 21 – 22

So now we see that all the created things men would boast of as sources of Wisdom have never had a grip on what Wisdom is at all.

Now twice in Job 28 (verses 12 and 20), Job asks:

“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” v. 12

“From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding?” v. 20

The point Job kept making is this:

The most complex and mysterious places of men are not the embodiment of True Wisdom.

Jobs answer to his rhetoric question was this:

“God understands its way, and He knows its place.” v. 23

” Then He saw wisdom and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.” v 27.

Now after Job brings his readers to the realization of God as the source of Wisdom, he gives man the code by which he can fellowship with Wisdom:

“And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom…” v. 28

Wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The same thing is also said in Proverbs 9:10:

“Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.” (NLT).

The fear of the Lord is the acknowledgement, submission and honor of God’s authority. It is a deep godly reverence which determines how God’s counsel influences the way you live.

This is the beginning of Wisdom.

Selah!