Wednesday May 13 – WISDOM

Faith – WISDOM –  LIGHT; seeing reverence |

What could possibly bring a wise person to conclude that wisdom and light are  comparable to foolishness and darkness?  Was that sage seeing what Paul saw arising from his experience, namely, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. (1 Corinthians 3:19a)?

Then I saw that wisdom surpasses foolishness as light surpasses darkness. (Ecclesiastes 2:13)

We know that the ancients acted like they saw something other than what God predicted. They rebelled against everything except their own pride of pedigree. Men, not just Moses’ contemporaries, do not like the light because it exposes their ungodly deeds.

Hope – WISDOM – LIGHT; trusting unfolding |

Few persons would argue that the helplessness and despair of human life are the bread and butter of advancement and progress. The quickest path to a conclusion about human expectations is for us to ask what was the experience of people to whom faith was the test of the relationship with God.

Love – WISDOM – LIGHT; embracing guidance |

Not even love, on full display, convinces the unteachable.  Look at how Israel turned against Moses, a man who loved the Hebrew people to the extent of offering himself so they can live, when Yahweh was considering destroying the rebellious and faithless people. Guidance is the chosen pathway of God, not compelled obedience.

A scoffer does not love one who rebukes him; He will not go to the wise. (Pro 15:12)

Death – WISDOM –  LIGHT; becoming teacher |

When the Lord Jesus Christ began to talk to people about being born again, and that there is a spiritual component to what he called the kingdom of god, they were shocked; some were completely scandalized.  They stumbled and fell.  The primary interests of God’s kingdom stand up when the spirit brings them to the individual’s attention.

Sin, righteousness, and judgment

“And He [the Holy Spirit], when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: (Joh 16:8)

If  the sages of the ages could see us now, they would laugh and wonder how could the generation with so much history to help them avoid falling catastrophically into the ditch.