Job 28
UNDERVALUED WISDOM
God’s awesome creation is all around us. From the universe above us, to the sky, the animals, plants, birds, fish, water, lakes and seas, to the hidden jewels and crystals under the earth. God’s creation contains so many precious things that people will pay huge amounts of money to have them for their own. Yet Job says that wisdom cannot be found in all of creation. Creation shows God’s wisdom, but we cannot pick a wisdom fruit to eat, or fetch a wisdom star from the sky, nor can we dig up a gem of wisdom to hang around our neck, or even catch a magical unicorn-like creature to help us gain wisdom.
Speaking about wisdom, Job said that “No mortal comprehends its worth.” (Job 28 v 13). In other words, wisdom is completely undervalued. All the precious things in creation that people will pay huge money for, are nothing compared to having wisdom. Wisdom is much more precious than any property we could gain – but far fewer people search for it.
Job also tells us how to find it: “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.” (v 28). Fearing the Lord and shunning evil are the most precious things we could gain in this life. So let’s put less effort into temporary pursuits and more effort into gaining wisdom. Let’s realise wisdom’s worth and pursue it.
May our prayer be for wisdom this week.
With love in our Lord,
Robert
Sharon’s Segment
ROCK OF BLESSING OR STONE OF STUMBLING
I have a rock in my back yard. Not an actual one; just a figurative one.
This ‘rock’ has the capacity to be an incredible blessing to me, and to be one that is very precious. It also has the capability of being a stone that I stumble over – something that I really don’t desire to have so prominently in my back yard.
To be honest, I have moments…
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