How the World strive to Get Wisdom?

The World Strives for Wisdom

The personal ambitions and even the educational systems of this world are often aimed at temporal and worthless objectives! Millions of people spend their lives and energy:

• Obtaining a good education
• Trying to become rich
• Trying to become famous or powerful
• Traveling the world
•  Or simply enjoying themselves.

Biblical objectives are seldom discussed or aimed at. If they are mentioned, they are mostly sneered at or ignored as irrelevant in this day and age. Yet Biblical objectives are by far the most important and most valuable of all. In this Article we will consider the Biblical objective of Wisdom.
King Solomon, one of the wisest, richest and most famous men who ever lived said these words:

• Proverbs 4: 7: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom...”
• Proverbs 8: 11: “For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.”
• Proverbs 16:16: “How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!”
• Proverbs 19:8: “He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul:”

What is Wisdom?

These are powerful words; but what is wisdom? 

The Scriptures abound with texts as to what wisdom can do for a person; what wisdom is worth, what benefits wisdom brings in its wake and from where wisdom can be obtained. But again I ask: "What is wisdom?" The answer is found in these verses:

• Job: 28:28: “And unto man he said, Behold, the FEAR OF THE LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.”
• Psalm 111: 10: “The FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.”
• Proverbs 9: 10: “The FEAR OF THE LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

“The FEAR OF THE LORD, that is wisdom.” To fear the LORD means:

• To believe that He exists.
• To stand in holy awe before Him.
• To believe Him and have faith in Him.
• To respect Him, His Son and His law.
• To be afraid of Him and to tremble at His Word.

There are some who demand and command God as though He were a servant or equal. These folks do not fear the LORD. They insult Him by their foolish antics and words. There are others - multiplied millions - who say in their hearts ‘There is no God.’ According to Scripture these people are ‘fools.’

“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...”
(Psalm:14: 1)