Today, we are experiencing another beautiful Midwest winter day with snow steadily falling. The meteorologists are predicting an accumulation of 4 to 6 inches before this snow storm passes. Personally, I don’t mind winter and even find the challenges of driving in snow an added excitement to my day. I am truly a Midwestern in every way!
As the snow falls, we hear the weather “experts” giving us updates on the radio, television and various web sites. I am not knocking the advances in meteorological science, but sometimes I ask myself, “How much do they really know?”
It seems in our constant quest for knowledge and wisdom in any area of life, we are continually humbled by the reality that there is so much more to learn. Job, who lived a long time ago, was a man who wrestled with his faith and struggled with the same question. Job asked, “But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?” Job 28:20 NLT
Job concludes his question with the following observations: “God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found, for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens. He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall. He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning. Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly. And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding’” (Job 28:23-28 NLT).
We might not ever be able to completely understand why certain things happen in nature, but we can be certain who created nature. We can also be confident that the LORD is the One who created the laws of nature and that as Job said, “God alone understand the way to wisdom.” Let’s devote the rest of our lives to respecting the LORD, worshipping Him and honoring Him with our lives!!
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