But wisdom is vindicated by her works.
Wisdom is able to recognize that at one time it can be appropriate for a prophet to come neither eating nor drinking while it may be appropriate for the Son of Man to eat and drink. Wisdom, though, is more than a pragmatic point of view that takes into account the circumstances. It is not the circumstances, per se, that make it good for John the Baptist to fast. What makes that good is that it is that to which he is called by God. It is good that Jesus eats and drinks because he is the bridegroom and we must celebrate when we are with him. It is not intelligence that solves these problems. It is wisdom born from seeking the will of God.
But delights in the law of the LORD
and meditates on his law day and night.
We think that the law is cannot speak to us, that it is dead letters, and limitation on our freedom. But the law is training in wisdom because the law helps us to know and understand the will of God. To walk in the will of God helps us to move through this world with wisdom.
If you would hearken to my commandments,
your prosperity would be like a river,
and your vindication like the waves of the sea
We don't just study words. We study the Word himself. He is the perfect embodiment of all the wisdom that the law contains.
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God (see first Corinthians 1:24).
This is the wisdom which leads us to focus on eternal things. It teaches us that this world in its present form is passing away but that the word of God abides for ever.
Their name never cut off
or blotted out from my presence.
We want to be like trees planted near the living water of God's Spirit. Then we will bear fruit no matter the season. Worldly wisdom would tell us in winter to be barren and in summer to be fruitful. But filled with the Spirit we can always bring forth whatever love, joy, and peace a given situation demands.
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