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Divine Wisdom, January 20
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are
not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:11
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If Adam and Eve had never touched the forbidden tree, the Lord would have
imparted to them knowledge,—knowledge upon which rested no curse of sin,
knowledge that would have brought them everlasting joy. The only knowledge
they gained by their disobedience was a knowledge of sin and its results....
Age after age, the curiosity of men has led them to seek for the tree of knowl-
edge; and often they think they are plucking fruit most essential, when, like
Solomon’s research, they find it altogether vanity and nothingness in comparison
with that science of true holiness which will open to them the gates of the city
of God. The human ambition has been seeking for that kind of knowledge that
will bring to them glory and self-exaltation and supremacy. Thus Adam and
Eve were worked upon by Satan until God’s restraint was snapped asunder, and
their education under the teacher of lies began in order that they might have the
knowledge which God had refused them.
True wisdom is a treasure as lasting as eternity. Many of the world’s so-called
wise men are wise only in their own estimation. Content with the acquisition of
worldly wisdom, they never enter the garden of God, to become acquainted with
the treasures of knowledge contained in His holy Word. Supposing themselves to
be wise, they are ignorant concerning the wisdom which all must have who gain
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eternal life....The unlearned man, if he knows God and Jesus Christ, has a more
enduring wisdom than has the most learned man who despises the instruction of
God.
Divine wisdom is to be a lamp to your feet....Everything that can be shaken
will be shaken; but rooted and grounded in the truth, you will abide with those
things that cannot be shaken.
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