In Proverbs 3 it is written that the Lord founded the earth by his wisdom, that he established the heavens by his understanding and by his knowledge the deeps broke open and the clouds dropped down the dew. Is this mere rhetorical devise to poetically speak of the power of God’s Word? I think not. There is certainly wisdom, knowledge and understanding that go into creating such a massively powerful and yet perfectly functioning and altogether beautiful and beneficial creation.

The writer of this proverb is telling his son that if wisdom, knowledge and understanding were what God employed to create all things good, then certainly it was sufficient to guide his life. This wisdom, certainly, is not of man but of God’s Word, his commandments that are referred to at the beginning of the Proverb.

In Colossians 2 it is written that in Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. “Hidden” would imply that they are not to be confused with what the world produces under the title of knowledge; this Paul refers to as philosophy and empty deciet following human tradition and the elemental spirits of this world.

What then should the Christian look for in seeking the wisdom from God? If it is hidden in Christ, then how is it revealed? And how does the son of the Proverbs find it? Is it not also said in Colossians that the mystery concerning Christ, though hidden for ages and generations past, is now revealed the saints, that is, those who believe? This mystery is that Christ is in us.

We are indeed the beloved children of God, and he does indeed desire for us to share in this same wisdom, knowledge and understanding that founded this very earth. Though hidden previously, it is now revealed to us by faith; that Christ through whom all things were made, and for whom we ourselves were created, indeed died in and for his creation, then rising to life that it might dwell in him. This is wisdom: Christ suffered, died, and lives, and we are in him.

Let us distinguish that which differs. In the first creation we see all physical things were made from God’s Word, and they were given to man to sustain him. In this is also earthly knowledge and wisdom, which is good insofar as it causes the knower to lean all the more on its author and sustainor. But we did not recognize God’s merciful providence in this and, leaning on our own understanding, grabbed hold of the creation for sustenance rather than trusting in the Creator with all our heart and not leaning on our own understanding. So we were lost without the pure wisdom of God, which is simply: “trust in me.” In the new creation, God himself must be revealed among men so that we might know what is true wisdom and knowledge–and it looks nothing like human knowledge.

But now it is in us, not just as a knowledge of wisdom, but a life of truth, that is, complete faith in God’s sovereign provision, giving our minds to the transformation of the new self being renewed according to the maker of the new creation, and abiding in the love of the Son, the Word, God’s Wisdom, as he abides in the Father.

Where then is angst? Why do we worry? Will he indeed make our paths straight or won’t he? Is the instruction of the Proverbs inticing and beautiful to you so that your soul longs for such a blessed life? Find it then in the Son, for there is no other. The one who made heaven and earth is the one who is transforming you to his likeness by giving himself to you by complete, chilklike faith in the heavenly Father.