Coffee With Job. Episode 85
Channel: Jason Blaiklock
Date: 2022-08-04

What does God Have to Say to the Human Race? Job 28:12-28 
 
God alone knows…The point here is that God alone knows where wisdom is  - God alone understands.  V.23.    Elohim is first here for emphasis.  God alone knows.   V.24 – he sees everything at a glance.  We search and squint but we do not find it.  He glances and sees it all.   

God alone understands….v.25-27 –  Mentions the wind, water, rain and thunder,  The thunderstorm – Psalm 29.  In the storm, God is shown but he is also mysterious.  God created the universe with laws.   God embodied it in his creation which is why it is observable.  God organized, understood,   He perfectly understood.  He confirmed it and tested it.  Unlike us who cannot even find it.  

God reveals…. V.28  And he said to the man.   God has revealed wisdom to man.  

And this revelation is?  V.28 To fear the Lord and to shun evil?!  Is that it?   Yes.  Real wisdom consists in living in submission to God.  Real wisdom is to believe that he does all things right – even though that may not be immediately obvious.  Real wisdom consists in rejecting evil.   Real wisdom consists in revering God.  In adoring God and in obeying God.  “Thus the truly wise man is the one whose life is centered on God, not self, and is regulated by God:  Man in right relationship to God, worshipping him, serving him, obeying him – that is wisdom and understanding”

Let me put it another way – all human knowledge comes back to the question of commitment to God. 

Ephesians ch.5 v.15-16 – “Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil”

James ch.1 v. 5 “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him”.

And this wisdom consists in knowing Jesus – Colossians ch. 2 v. 2-3.  

Proverbs ch.3 v.7 – “Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil”.