Unlimited Wisdom

Unlimited Wisdom

. . . Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

1 Corinthians 1:24

IN WORD We live in a world where wisdom is obscured. There are heavenly places where the wisdom of God is clearly visible, but not here. No, the Bible calls our home a place of spiritual darkness. There are multitudes of competing philosophies and perspectives, worldviews that give different definitions to the meaning of life and how we got here. We have distorted emotions that make us strive after things that aren’t really important, or that cause us to be blind to the things that are. We set goals for ourselves that may or may not coincide with eternal truth. Why? Because eternal truth is a matter of debate in the dark world in which we live.

But when we embrace the God who has called us and drawn us to Himself, we begin to learn from Him. We may have internal debates with ourselves—with the morals and traditions of those who reared us, with the philosophical agendas of those who schooled us, or even with our own desires and impulses. But deep down we know: God has a monopoly on truth, and if we want truth, we need Him.

In an age of relativism, that means a lot. It means that no matter how much our society tells us that truth is a matter of one’s own opinions and all perspectives are valid, we know that there are absolutes. We can fix our lives on them. We can build on solid foundations. We can be guided confidently into our future even without knowing it. Why? Because we know the One who does.

IN DEED Think about what God’s unlimited wisdom, revealed to us in Jesus, actually implies. If Jesus is the wisdom of God that was expressed in terms we can comprehend, we can base our lives on humility, service, sacrifice, love, and faith without any shadow of doubt that these things will prove utterly worthy in eternity. We can act in ways that are contrary to our culture because we know God’s ways will last and our culture will not. We can tap into truth that has no depth limits. We can know everything we’ll ever need to know.

True wisdom is gazing at God.

—ISAAC THE SYRIAN