Proverbs 16:16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Herein we are taught a sense of priorities. The gain of worldly wealth may sometimes be the blessing of the Almighty on our lives, but not if it required the neglecting of His priorities.
Wisdom in the Bible is described as a Person, not a virtue. In Proverbs eight, our author introduces us to Wisdom. In fact, in the writing of the book, the person of Wisdom speaks to us in the first person. This Wisdom tells us how He was with the Creator from the beginning of times when He established foundations on the seas and the mountains. He also tells how all things were made through Him. In this person of Wisdom, we recognize John’s ‘Word’, which the Targum (an Aramaic narration of the pre-messianic Scriptures) calls the ‘Mimrah’: Yeshua haMashiach Himself.
How much more is obtaining a close relationship with this ‘Mimrah’ better than all the gold of the world. Our author should know. He was blessed with all the riches of the world because when the Father met him to make him an offer of whatever he wanted, King Solomon simply asked for the wisdom and understanding to do a good job as king of Israel.
May we take sample after King Solomon. May we above all, desire this relationship with the ‘Mimrah’, Yeshua haMashiach Himself. As we do, let us have the assurance that He will bless us with the wisdom and understanding to accomplish our mission in life, which is much better than all the gold and silver in the world. And who knows, we may even get some of that too!
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Herein we are taught a sense of priorities. The gain of worldly wealth may sometimes be the blessing of the Almighty on our lives, but not if it required the neglecting of His priorities.
Wisdom in the Bible is described as a Person, not a virtue. In Proverbs eight, our author introduces us to Wisdom. In fact, in the writing of the book, the person of Wisdom speaks to us in the first person. This Wisdom tells us how He was with the Creator from the beginning of times when He established foundations on the seas and the mountains. He also tells how all things were made through Him. In this person of Wisdom, we recognize John’s ‘Word’, which the Targum (an Aramaic narration of the pre-messianic Scriptures) calls the ‘Mimrah’: Yeshua haMashiach Himself.
How much more is obtaining a close relationship with this ‘Mimrah’ better than all the gold of the world. Our author should know. He was blessed with all the riches of the world because when the Father met him to make him an offer of whatever he wanted, King Solomon simply asked for the wisdom and understanding to do a good job as king of Israel.
May we take sample after King Solomon. May we above all, desire this relationship with the ‘Mimrah’, Yeshua haMashiach Himself. As we do, let us have the assurance that He will bless us with the wisdom and understanding to accomplish our mission in life, which is much better than all the gold and silver in the world. And who knows, we may even get some of that too!
No comments:
Post a Comment