Job 28:20-23
“From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?
It is hidden from the eyes of all living
and concealed from the birds of the air.
Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
“God understands the way to it,
and he knows its place.
Tag: Where is Wisdom?
In chapter 28 Job is comparing man's ability to mine for gold, silver, jewels and precious stones that are hidden in the earth's core. He goes to great lengths to explain how this makes man quite ingenious about life. Yet, as the above verses show, man can't find wisdom. The contrast is between self discovery and God's revelations. Job is trying to say that we might be intelligence, but only God is wise. He is confessing that we might know about the things of creation but we know nothing about the wisdom behind creation. We can dig into the earth and draw out resources, but we can't understand the wisdom of God behind the creation. Only God knows wisdom. Job did not have the following verses from James, however:
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
He did realize that it was God who has wisdom. We are told that we can ask God for wisdom and He will give it to use "generously." We can rejoice that we might not be able to find wisdom like we mine for iron, but we can have wisdom. Digging in the earth for resources is not nearly has easy than asking God for wisdom!!!
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