Wisdom Creates

Read Proverbs 8:22-30
 
Proverbs 8:30 “I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence.”
 
IF you are reading The Daily Bible, you will be reading the Proverbs by topic. You will find numerous Scripture references each day. Read these as they are intended, an instruction manual on righteous living. If you are reading from a typical Bible, we’ll be in Proverbs through May 25. You could read four chapters today and three chapters each the next nine days. Each day I’ll focus on one short passage to illustrate that day’s topic.
   Today’s topic is Wisdom. You’ll see quote marks around the words today. Who is talking? It is Wisdom personified. This is the literary technique as a writer gives life-like qualities to an inanimate object or idea to make a point. Solomon’s point here is that Wisdom was essential in God’s creation of the universe.
   To summarize the reading, Wisdom says, “The Lord formed me from the beginning. I was appointed, at the very first. I was born before the oceans were created, before the mountains were formed, before he had made the first handfuls of soil. I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans, when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth. I was there when he set the limits of the seas, and when he marked off the earth’s foundations.”
   Solomon summarizes Wisdom’s role with verse 30: “I was the architect…his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence.” Not only was Wisdom the Designer of God’s “good” universe, it was a joyful partner of God’s eternal past. Then Wisdom points to Jesus to come. The same God who created the world is re-creating the world through us. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:10) Our good things are the works we do in agreement with God’s Word. We know what those works are and what they are not because God’s Wisdom has formed our minds to know God. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:2)
   Wisdom is at work in God’s mind. It is at work to order and maintain his creation. Wisdom is in God’s salvation plan to save through Jesus and instruct through the Holy Spirit. Wisdom, indeed, is alive to form you live toward God.