Today’s passage: Job 28
Helpful thoughts:
- Job addresses the source of wisdom.
- Mankind has gone to great lengths to discover and mine precious stones and metals for thousands of years. The question Job asks is, “Where can man go to find precious wisdom?”
- The answer is given in verse 28, wisdom comes from God. Fearing Him is wisdom and results in gaining wisdom.
Questions to consider:
- Where does mankind go to try to find wisdom in this world? Who/What are we told to trust implicitly in our day and culture?
- What is the result of man thinking wisdom is found within our own hearts? How hard do we have to dig and search for this “wisdom?” What happens when two people’s hearts disagree? Why is man prone to prefer digging into their own heart than to look to God and His Word for true wisdom?
- What does the end of verse 28 confirm that wisdom and a right fear of God result in? How does the wisdom of God’s Word change our thinking and how does that change our actions?