The hebrew word that we translate as Chokmah was used in the Old Testament to mean "wisdom." Our pathetic English language can not do justice to this word. There were five possible meanings of the word: skilled in warfare, wisdom in administration, shrewdness, prudence in religious affairs, and wisdom in ethical and religious matters. When Exodus 28:3 refers to this word, it means that the people will have the ability to make Aaron's clothes the right way; however, in Proverb (singular Proverb, I'm only speaking of one Proverb and not the entire book of Proverbs) 9:10 the word refers to understanding.
Another point of importance, when dealing with Chokmah, is to notice that everytime someone gains this wisdom (other times, such as in Proverbs the wisdom has already been obtained) that person or persons, is given this wisdom from God. We must realize that true wisdom, in all areas of life is a gift from God. Wisdom that can be obtained by any other means (wisdom of the world) will never be able to measure up to the greatness of wisdom given from above.
It is important to seek wisdom in God's word and to pray for God to give us wisdom. We can never gain true, Biblical wisdom by any other means than God blessing us with it. Solomon is a great example: pray for wisdom, everything else will follow suit!
One Love
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment