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The Wisdom of God
The Real God, part 4
The Wisdom of God
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[Introduction]
[Story of me cutting my finger off]
This is week 4 in our series called The Real God, where every week we are looking at one of God’s characteristics.
Here’s a quick recap:
Week #1: God’s goodness, which means he wants the very best for us.
Week #2: God’s sovereignty, which means he rules above everything.
Week #3: God’s holiness, which means he is set apart from everyone and everything.
This week, we are talking about God’s wisdom.
I’d like to begin by getting a little feedback: in your opinion, what makes a person wise?
Great feedback!
I love how you’re thinking.
Ultimately, wise people can see the bigger picture, which helps them make good decisions.
Before we go any further, let’s define God’s wisdom:
God’s wisdom means his perfect knowledge leads to the BEST DECISIONS.
God always makes the best decisions because His wisdom isn’t limited like human wisdom.
But as we have already learned, God is unlimited.
We make decisions based on what we know, and because we don’t know everything, our decisions can be flawed.
[Not understanding how that knife worked showed a lack of wisdom and I paid for it!]
God knows everything, so his decisions are always right.
The Bible says in Job chapter 12 verse 13,
“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.”
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one attribute i’d pick!!! save a lot of time, effort and money… a lot of heartache...
every time you bought a car it run to 200,000 miles and never have a problem
you’d never get food poisoning because you chose the wrong menu item
colt, every time you called a play in the huddle, you’d get a basket
there’d be no divorce… your first spouse would be the perfect spouse
doesn’t work like that for us though does it?
because we don’t have perfect knowledge.
God didn’t learn wisdom.
He didn’t go to school to learn, or become educated from trial and error.
God has never guessed or been surprised.
God’s very nature is wisdom and understanding.
That’s who He is.
All knowledge and truth comes from him.
In his wisdom, God created the universe:
12 But the Lord made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
The design of the universe didn’t just happen by accident.
God created everything.
As Creator, he knows how everything is supposed to work.
He has a plan for you and me as part of his creation.
Today we will look at 3 ways of how we might pursue this perfect wisdom of God?
1. Begin by FEARING GOD.
This teaching might be surprising.
Maybe you are thinking, “If God loves me so much, why do I have to fear him”?
Good question.
In this sense, “fearing God” means respect or reverence.
It’s a common phrase in the Bible, to fear Him.
Again, not to be afraid, rather to be in awe.
The crazy thing about wisdom is that you’ll never get it if you don’t want it.
You can’t force a person to gain more wisdom.
The truth is, many of us act like we know everything.
If a cup is full you can’t add to it, right?
When we think we know everything, we limit our capacity to learn more.
Here’s my question: do you want to grow in wisdom?
Do you want to make better decisions?
I’m going to assume that you do, so let’s quickly look at the next three scriptures to see why fearing God is the starting place for wisdom:
23 “God alone understands the way to wisdom;
he knows where it can be found,
24 for he looks throughout the whole earth
and sees everything under the heavens.
Like we talked about at the beginning of this message, God’s knowledge is perfect and complete.
There is nothing that God doesn’t know.
He sees everything on earth and in heaven.
God is the ultimate source of wisdom.
He created it.
As a result, we should be in awe of God because he knows all things and he is never surprised.
There is a specific attitude—a posture of the heart—that leads to this kind of awe.
It’s found in our next scripture:
33 Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom;
humility precedes honor.
Ultimately, gaining wisdom in our head begins with humility in our heart.
Let me repeat that phrase so you can let it sink in: Ultimately, gaining wisdom in our head begins with humility in our heart.
The opposite of humility is pride.
Pride says, “I’m good enough on my own, I don’t need help.”
But this simply isn’t true.
Everyone needs help.
Letting go of pride means admitting that you are not enough on your own.
You need God—he knows everything and you don’t.
To make the very best decisions for your life, you need His guidance.
Life is too messy and too rough and too difficult to figure out on our own.
Humility admits that we are not enough, but God is.
Humility is the posture that leads to fearing God.
humility is what causes you to start out everyday on your knees, face down in your prayer chair, begging God for direction because He is wise and you are not
begin by FEARING GOD
2. Decide to trust GOD COMPLETELY.
When we grasp what it means that God is all-wise and we fear (awe) Him, we will more likely trust God.
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