The Involvement of Wisdom in Creation
January 23, 2022
Commentary
The Son of God declares that He was fully involved in the creation of the world (vv. 22–30). How able He is to be the Savior of the world, since He was also its Creator. Before the world began, the Son of God was appointed to this great work. Not a single part of matter, and not a trace of order (vv. 26, 29), came into existence apart from Him. God was the designer, yet His Son was actively involved with Him even before the earth was formed (v. 23), according to God’s eternal purpose. The Lord says He existed before anything else was created (vv. 22–23). He was present before the oceans were formed (v. 24), before the mountains were set in place (v. 25), and before the earth and heavens were made (vv. 26–27). He was there when God established the clouds above and fixed the foundations of the deep below (vv. 28–29). Standing beside the Father, He worked as the master craftsman, sharing in the joy of creation (v. 30). This truth reminds us that wisdom and salvation are deeply connected, inviting trust, worship today.
Does He delight in saving sinners, and should we not delight in His salvation? (vv. 31–36). He rejoiced in all that He created, including the human family (v. 31). He promised that those who listen to His instruction and follow His ways would be happy (vv. 32–33). Blessed and fulfilled is the one who makes time to be alone with God, listening for His voice and waiting for His guidance (v. 34). The one who finds Him finds life, but the one who rejects Him finds death (vv. 35–36). Those too busy for quiet time with the Lord miss this promise, and if we are not careful, our minds may reflect the world more than our Lord. This calls for daily reflection, repentance, listening, patience, humility today together.
Application
I will remember that the One who created everything also invites me to listen. Do I slow down to hear His wisdom? I ask myself if my choices reflect His ways. I want to make space to listen, obey, and find life in His guidance, even during ordinary routines, decisions, conversations, pressures, distractions, responsibilities, daily.
Proverbs 8:22–36 (NET)
22 The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago.
23 From eternity I have been fashioned, from the beginning, from before the world existed.
24 When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
25 before the mountains were set in place— before the hills—I was born,
26 before he made the earth and its fields, or the top soil of the world.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above, when he secured the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times,
31 rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.
32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.
34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.
35 For the one who finds me has found life and received favor from the Lord.
36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”
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