Tuesday December 19
Proverbs 8:27-31 Rejoicing in creation
When he established the heavens, I was
there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.
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This reading should be read by reading all of Proverbs 8. Wisdom
is what God created before he created everything else. This proverb talks about
wisdom as if it is a person. Wisdom is with God throughout creation. Wisdom in
the footnotes can be Jesus and theologians made a case for Jesus being with God
from the beginning from verses 22-14. When we say in the Nicene Creed “We
believe in one Lord Jesus Christ… true God from true God, begotten, not made,
of one being with the Father, through him all things are made “ these verses
are used as one of the explanations to justify this .
Wisdom is speaking in verses 27-29 saying that he was there at
creation and worked with God like a master worker and delighted in creation and
the human race.
It was a difficult proverb to think about. Wisdom gives us the
ability to distinguish what is right and is worth more than jewels according to
Proverbs. Wisdom is one attribute I would like to have.
Prayer: We pray that God grants us wisdom so
that we can be wise in how we choose to live our lives and how we how we treat
the people we encounter daily.
Irene Germain
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