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in the Garden of Eden, God made Adam and Eve in His image. The serpent then
came along tempting Eve with the promise of being like God if she ate the
fruit. Notice, they were already like God, in His image, but the temptation was
to have more. This is usually how temptation works. God has already given, but
we want more. So it is with wisdom. Prov 2:6 says that Yahweh gives wisdom, yet
we often scrabble after understanding ourselves. We wind up with a worldly
wisdom that does not bring godliness. So
God describes His wisdom more for us in these verses. Wisdom is understanding
righteousness, justice, equity, and every good path. Wisdom isn’t an
encyclopedic recall of the past, or insight into the future. Wisdom is
understanding how to love your neighbor. And what does this wisdom do? It
guards our way, preserves us, shields us. Holy wisdom is the only safe path, in
the end.
11/13/11
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