Where is Wisdom?

Scheduled Reading
Job 26:1-28:15; Psalm 105:35-40; Proverbs 22:9-10; 1 Corinthians 4:7-5:8

Selected Passage - various

Where is Wisdom?
I remember as a young teenager that I believed that if I did some of the things I saw other kids doing, but I knew I shouldn't do them, that God would immediately strike me down until I was a greasy spot on the pavement. That healthy fear kept my behavior pretty much in check until I noticed that no one else around me were ever the recipients of that dreaded bolt of lightning. Eventually my halo began to slip and tarnish. (**wink**)

This morning, as I attempt to return to my discipline of reading and writing daily, (my apologies to the masses of people clinging to my every word! - again wink) I was struck by Job's description of man's futile search for wisdom. Although we can dig into the roots of mountains and extract precious metals and stones hidden inside the earth, no amount of our search can ever yield the most prized possession man could ever hope to find: wisdom. Where is wisdom? Wisdom, Job points out, can only be found in fearing the Lord. Wow. My theology as a 13 year old boy may have been a bit askew, but I was definitely on the right track to find wisdom! If only I had stayed the course!