Christ, My Wisdom

"Wisdom" is the one thing that I have been considering in the light of the word of God and in my experience these days. I know I need it so much that every time I made some decisions, especially when those decisions I took did not turn out with positive results I wondered if I acted in wisdom at all. In a couple of instances, I felt I should have been wiser. Perhaps, my discernment has not been that accurate, and that I truly lack wisdom. This brought me to the pray of Solomon for wisdom: 

And now, O Jehovah my God, You have made Your servant king in the place of David my father, though I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people, whom You have chosen, a vast people that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude. Give therefore to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours? And this word seemed good in the sight of the Lord, that Solomon had asked for this matter. And God said to him, Because you have asked for this matter and have not asked for long life for yourself and have not asked for riches for yourself and have not asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for discernment for yourself to understand justice; I now do according to your words. I now give you a heart of wisdom and understanding, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor will one rise up after you like you. 1 Kings 3:7-12

This is the prayer that I have been praying to God as well. I truly need wisdom that comes from God. The Lord in His sovereignty answered my prayer by showing me what the real wisdom is and how I can have wisdom. The message on "The Multifarious Wisdom of God" in the ongoing training on the Crystallization-study of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes just met my need.

Some key excerpts from the training:

What is Wisdom? Where is Wisdom from? Who is Wisdom? How to have Wisdom?

On a human level, wisdom involves deep and experiential understanding, keen discernment, insight, and the capacity for sound judgment. In our practical daily living, wisdom is the way in which we plan, initiate, and carry things out. When we encounter a difficult situation or problem, the way we address it and relate to it will demonstrate whether or not we have wisdom.

There is the wisdom of the world that is foolishness as in 1 Corinthians 1:20. There is fleshly wisdom as in 2 Corinthians 1:12. And there is also the wisdom of God. According to 1 Corinthians 1:24, the wisdom of God is the crucified Christ. The Christ who is the wisdom of God said, “I am the way” (John 14:6). Thus, the wisdom of God is Christ, and Christ Himself is the way. Whenever we initiate something while taking Christ as our life and our person, we experience Him as our wisdom and our way. 

The book of Proverbs is "For knowing wisdom and instruction; For discerning words of understanding;" Proverbs 1:2. We must have wisdom from God, that it can keep us in the way of life. In the New Testament today, Christ Himself is the wisdom of God. Experientially, wisdom may also be understood as the way in which we do things. Therefore, in our living and service, we must seek the divine wisdom in the carrying out of our responsibilities, for we will have to give an account of our works to the Son of Man, who is wisdom. 

Wisdom is more valuable and better than gold, silver, and corals, and is more desirable than anything else—3:14-15; 8:11, 19.

Prov 2:6 For Jehovah gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;
Prov 3:14 For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her income is better than gold.
Prov 3:15 She is more precious than corals, And nothing you desire compares with her.
Prov 8:11 For wisdom is better than corals, And nothing that you desire compares with her.
Prov 1:20 Wisdom cries out in the street; She utters her voice in the open squares.

Wisdom is personified. God’s creation of all things is through Christ, who is wisdom and
God’s delight (3:19; Col. 1:16-17; Heb. 1:2). Our wise God will take us through every step of the process of transformation so that we can be raptured as the overcomers. 

1 Cor 1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

The Lord knew how to be with any kind of person. He knew what to say and what to do, and He understood all kinds of people. This is how He lived; everything He did was by the wisdom of God. To experience Christ as wisdom, we need to pray for wisdom. Often time, our own wisdom led us astray and we need to repent to the Lord, “Lord, I repent for all the things I have said and done that were apart from You as my wisdom. Lord, I am Your disciple and learner. Train me to live You.” 

Christ’s work is to produce us as the children of wisdom caring for the life of wisdom. Therefore, we need to pray for wisdom, “Lord, do what is on Your heart concerning me. Accomplish what You want. You are the wise God; You know what to do and how to do it.” 

Since wisdom and knowledge are stored up in Christ as a treasure, we cannot have wisdom and knowledge unless we have Christ—Col. 1:27; 3:4.

Col 1:27 To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory, 

Col 3:4 When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory. 

In fact, as Christians, Christ is in us and Chris is our life. If we exercise our being to contact the Lord, Christ as the life-giving Spirit will saturate our spirit and our mind, and we will have in our experience the wisdom and knowledge that are hidden in Christ—2:3.

Col 2:3 In whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

1 Cor 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 

The phrase to us in verse 30 indicates something experiential that is taking place continuously, day after day. We do not receive wisdom all at once. If we would pause and pray, “Lord, I do not trust myself in this situation. Save me from reacting out of my flesh and my self,” then the transmission would come.

God puts us in a situation where we need a continual supply of Christ as wisdom to us. If we remain with the Lord to receive His dispensing (John 15:4-5), He will be transmitted into us as the wisdom to handle various problems and matters. As we progress in our human life, Christian life, and church life, the various problems, and matters that we encounter become increasingly more difficult and challenging. This is so that we may experience Christ as wisdom for God’s delight in a deeper way. Thus, we should not fear the problems and circumstances in either our personal life or in man’s existence as human beings on the earth. If we remain in the divine transmission, we will experience the divine wisdom moment by moment and will spontaneously know what we need to do, say, think, feel, or decide. We are connected to the throne and to the seven Spirits of God, who are moving over all the earth. Our Father God longs that His children of wisdom would live under this transmission more and more. If we are one with the Lord and receive His dispensing, we will experience and enjoy Him as our wisdom day by day and hour by hour (1 Cor. 6:17; 1:30).

Wisdom comes from our living contact with God, not by trying to be wise or trying to imitate Christ in an outward way. Day by day, moment by moment, by opening to God and contacting Him, more and more of Christ as wisdom will be transmitted into me to be my wisdom. This is how I can be wise and this is how God answered my quest for wisdom.

May the Lord preserve me under His divine dispensing to gain more of Him and to experience Him as my wisdom. The answer to my great quest is, "Christ is my Wisdom!"