WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND?

BUT WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND? (Job  28 : 12)

I breeze into this discussion on this rhetorical note. But where shall wisdom be found? Man in psychology, philosophy, sociology, education, politics is in dire search for wisdom and various people have defined it in various ways. Some say they have attained it while some are still striving to attain it.

The Microsoft Encarta dictionary 2009 defines it in various ways; they call it good sense; wise decision; accumulated learning; opinion widely held; ancient teachings or sayings. Which is correct?

A serious observation is drawn by the inspired writer ‘Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living’ (vs 13). Wow! But I thought there are people who have been termed wise by their diverse studies, how come is the Lord saying that it is not in the land of the living. Further verses reveal that “It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold… for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

If  then wisdom is as priceless, indispensable and valuable as this, such a person will be a fool to lack it. Dear reader,
where then shall wisdom be found? Thanks to God the answer came.

And unto man he said, behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding(vs 28). How indispensable then is the fear of the Lord? if this is the wisdom we have been searching, such a man would be a fool to lack it.

Now you may say, but I fear God, I even worship Him on Sundays and week days. What then do you mean? The Bible says ‘Thou believeth that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe and tremble(James 2:19). Devils also fear the supreme deity of God but that does not make them wise. Something must be added to your fear to make it complete, else it is not different from that of devils.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the forward mouth do I hate(Proverbs 8:13). A man who says I fear God but has not yet departed from evil(flee all appearances of evil); a woman who claims to fear God but is still full of pride, arrogance, attention seeking and gossip does not possess a fear that is different from that of devils, and you know where devils spend eternity.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9: 10)

The fear of the Lord prolongeth days (Proverbs 10: 27)

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence (Proverbs 14: 26)

The fear of the Lord is as a fountain of life (Proverbs 14: 27)

By the fear of the Lord men depart from evil (Proverbs 16: 6)

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life (Proverbs 19: 23)

I never knew it is as serious as this and I have been living all my life in non-chalance, lying, gossip, empty jokes, immoral dressing(forgetting that whosoever shall defile this body, him/her shall God destroy). So if all these things are in my life, my fear is not different from that of devils? Where then do I spend eternity? O Lord help me!!!

The beginning of wisdom is to come to Christ, the Wisdom of God personified. Fall at his feet( at the cross) by faith believing that for you he bled and died. The more you delay, the more you affirm you do not fear God and you cannot damn the grave consequences. He loves you so much but does not want only lips confession. Your heart must bow in penitence and believe His blood makes you clean and whole. Then act it out because faith without works is dead. Cut off completely (by the Grace of God now shed forth in your heart) from the past, start off a new life with cordial communion with God and His people. Mouths cannot explain what you stand to gain. The clock is ticking, Life is going, DO IT NOW.

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