Wisdom Of God Series

Text: Ps. 119:97-104

Theme: Wisdom of God

Greetings: The Lord is Good and His Love Endures forever.

Illustration:

James Bracy, a military officer served at a California military base in 1950s. He wrote many letters to his wife, one letter was misplaced. Half a century later, James and Sallie celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, a construction crew dismantled the old post office at Fort Ord and discovered that misplaced letter. The postmaster tracked down Bracys and handed over the letterdated January 28, 1955 to Sallie Bracy. His wife responded: “It meant a lot to me then,” and “It means even more now.” If you read the Bible, you can understand centuries ago it was written for you and delivered to you at the right time (Adopted).

Introduction: Mem ?: In Psalm 119 the psalmist learns it, loves it, and lives it. In this 13th stanza, the psalmist reveals to us three specific reasons for loving God’s law: it gives wisdom and understanding, it restrains you from sin, and it satisfies your soul. Charles Swindoll wrote: “Wisdom is the God-given ability to see life with rare objectivity and to handle life with rare stability.” “This is a pure song of praise. It contains no single petition, but is just one glad outpouring of the heart.” (Morgan). “Oh how I love your law!” (Psalm 119:97). Psalm 119:48 says, “I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on our statues.” There are 613 commandments [including 10 commandments Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:6-21] not easy to love all the commandments. We need not to worry and live negative feelings and guilt or frustration for the impossibility of observing them and pleasing God.

Today I would like to share with you the Excellency about the WISDOM of GOD from this passage. Three things we can do with the WISDOM of GOD, Earn the Wisdom; Excel in Wisdom; and Expose the Wisdom at the right time at the right place.

1. Earn the Wisdom

SOPHIA: But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? (Job 28:12). Source of all Wisdom is God (James 1:5, Job 12:13, 16, job 38:36, Proverbs 2:6). Job 28:28 fear of the lord is wisdom (Psalm 111:10, Proverbs 1:7). Proverbs 3:13 blessed is the man that finds wisdom. 1 Kings 4:29-30, 5:12, 7:14 10:24, 2 chronicles 1:10-11 Solomon was filled with wisdom of God. Job 12:12 wisdom is with ancient and elders. Psalm 37:30 righteous speaks wisdom. 

God gives knowledge to whom he pleases; but those that meditate most, thrive most. Wisdom: “Knowledge” and “wisdom” are closely tied together in Proverbs: “knowledge” tends to focus on correct understanding of the world and oneself as creatures of the magnificent and loving God, while “wisdom” is the acquired skill of applying that knowledge rightly, or “skill in the art of godly living”. The reason that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of both knowledge and wisdom is that the moral life begins with reverence and humility before God and people. Trust goes beyond intellectual assent to a deep reliance on the Lord, a settled confidence in his care and his faithfulness to his word.

Godly wisdom is passed on through the laying of Hands on the children, followers and disciples as per the biblical understanding (Exodus 28:3, 31:3, 6, 35:26, 31, 35, 36:1, Deuteronomy 4:6, 34:9). Joshua was filled with wisdom by laying of hands of Moses. Jesus used the idea of building a house to illustrate that wisdom is the foundation of a godly life. He said those who act on His words are like the “wise man who built his house on the rock” (Matthew 7:24).

2. Excel in the Wisdom

Excel than your enemies, excel than your teachers, and excel than your elders. The verses 98-100, the psalmist states that God’s Word makes us wiser than our enemies, and gives us more understanding than our teachers, and our elders. These three sorts of men are his immediate challenges, his enemies, his teachers, and the ancients. The enemies excel in policy, teachers in doctrine, and ancients in counsel, but David became wiser than all these by the word.

Excel than your enemies (Psalm 119:98) – The Psalmists says that he exceled than his enemies in wisdom because the commands of God was with him ALWAYS. The commandments gives most practical wisdom and enables to cope with our adversaries who plotted schemes, told lies, and acted wickedly to bring him down. Enemies inherited from the Old serpent. If we keep the wise law ever near us we shall become wise, and when our adversaries assail us we shall be prepared defend through the word of God. A soldier in battle will never lay aside his shield likewise we must have the word of God in our minds. The word of the Lord is not equips to meet the challenges of the Enemy camp.