The situation was in control of a man not in any sense ordinary”
–Zane Grey (The Mysterious Rider)
“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.”
–Romans 1:20 (NKJV)
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22 — The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old.
23 — I have been established from everlasting, from the beginning before there was ever an earth.
24 — When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no fountains abounding with water.
25 — Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth;
26 — While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, or the primal dust of the world.
27 — When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28 — When He established the clouds above, when He strengthened the fountains of the deep,
29 — When He assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 — Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him,
31 — Rejoicing in His inhabited world, and my delight was with the sons of men.
–Proverbs 8 (NKJV)
Is this the personified Christ? Most likely, there are theological arguments whether it is or not, but that is not my purpose. When the Lord speaks, it is wisdom pure and simple. His words are altogether wise. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” (John 1:1-2, NKJV) The Word, the “Logos,” entails the idea of wisdom. This could read, “In the beginning was Wisdom, and Wisdom was with God, and Wisdom was God.” Get the idea?
Bob Beasley writes, “The truth of the Creator is self-evident in what He has created. Yet people suppress this truth, and the other truth that God has revealed to them in their unrighteousness.” Truth is there, wisdom is there, right in front of us all. Clear and easy to see, why is it then that men are so blind? The magnificence of the Creator stands before all creation, man and beast, to be seen and recognized, not ignored. We know this Person who created and ordered it all. We know Him through the natural laws we observe every day. “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” (John 1:3, NKJV) Even more, we can know Him personally through the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Ponder this, wisdom is not God, do not think it is, but wisdom is God’s. Wisdom directs us to the best ends and we see that wisdom was involved in creation. “The LORD possessed…” can mean “brought forth” or “created.” “God, who is ever wise, produced wisdom… Wisdom had a beginning only in the sense that God singled it out for special display at that time; insofar as it is one of God’s perfections, it has always existed.” (NKJV Study Bible) Wisdom was there, literally meaning, “it was anointed from everlasting.” Read the above verses again in light of the “Logos.” Another good thing to compare this with is God’s answer to Job, beginning in Job 38, “where were you Job?” But here in Proverbs we see that wisdom was there.
One more deep thing to have your mind wrap around and wrestle. Dan Dick says, “The mind of God is amazing. From the very beginning of time, God has had each and everyone of us in His mind. He knows us completely.” Before the establishment of the earth and universe, we were on God’s mind. Yes, He might have even chuckled at the thought of some of us. There was nothing, it was even before those words of Genesis, “The earth was without form, and voice, and darkness was upon the face of the deep.” (Genesis 1:2, NKJV) Here, in the above verses we see, “with wisdom’s skill, God created the universe.” (NKJV Study Bible) However, even before that you were on His mind, I was on His mind, and more than that, He had the plans of salvation in His mind. Oh! What a magnificent and awesome God we serve!