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Feb '23
Seize the Moment – Day 1064
14
Feb '23
Seek the Way of Wisdom!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, February 14. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Are you seeking out wisdom for your daily life?
Twice in Job 28, Job asked, “But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?” (12, 20). This chapter reads more like an editorial interlude than a continuation of the dialogue between Job and his three friends, as Job poetically pondered the mysteries of wisdom. In Job 28:23-28, Job answered his own questions:
God understands [wisdom’s] way, and He knows its place. For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. When He imparted weight to the wind and meted out the waters by measure, when He set a limit for the rain and a course for the thunderbolt, then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out. And to man He said, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
In Proverbs 8, we experience the personification of wisdom, who expresses the importance of finding her (wisdom) in verse 35, “For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord.” The conclusion of the matter remains the same throughout the Bible, God made a way for each of us to find wisdom:
- Psalm 111:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.”
- Proverbs 9:10, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding” (cf. Proverbs 1:7).
- Ecclesiastes 12:13, “The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.”
Seize the moment and find wisdom by seeking God first (Matthew 6:33)! Don’t know where to find Him? Jesus is the fulfillment of wisdom personified, and He declared, “I am the way” (John 14:6).
God bless you!
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