Job 28:28 (NASBStr)
“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding. ’”
God has hidden wisdom from man. Although he has all the riches in the world and has sought out all types of gold, jewels, mining and wealth (Job 28:1-11) he can't find wisdom. Although man has all types of wealth and wants to buy wisdom it can't be purchased. Think of the amount of money in this country that is spent on education. A quick google search puts the money spent on JUST K-12 education at $600 billion. Another sight said that in 2010 the United States spent over $800 billion on education. In all that money no wisdom could be purchased, however. In all the corporate training in the U.S. was estimated at another $125 billion according to a 2010 report. So, after almost one trillion dollars spent each year on the acquiring knowledge, according to Job (and God) no wisdom was actually acquired. Of course, that means, if they didn't pursue wisdom with a desire to Fear The Lord. Solomon must have read this chapter of Job when he penned the following words:
Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool
to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
What Solomon is saying to us is that you can have all kinds of money but if you have no heart for God you will never get wisdom. We have millions of people who purchase "christian" education in our society and the student has no "heart" for wisdom. Job, Solomon and the other Biblical writers are telling us that if you have no desire to come to God in faith you can't have wisdom. You can accumulate facts. You can stumble on wise thoughts. But, you can "have" wisdom without the Fear of The Lord. Dig all you want for riches. But, they will never provide you with wisdom.
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