Romans 11:33-36
“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! ‘For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor?‘ [quote from Is. 40:13-14]”
Luke 2:47
“And all who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and answers.”
The wisdom of God incorporates several of His attributes: omniscience, infallibility, authority, infinity, kindness. Creation itself – from the microscope to the telescope – bears witness to His amazing wisdom. In the realm of human difficulties, impossibly tangled situations can be effortlessly resolved by a mere glance from the One Whose ways are higher than ours. Eternity itself will not be long enough for us to fully comprehend the immeasurable breadth and depth of all that God knows. Awe and submission are the only appropriate responses to such a Father, Whose wisdom coupled with goodness (in both the sense of righteousness and benevolence) make Him entirely trustworthy. “Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Thy sight.” (Matt. 11:26)
1. Pray for the two pictured individuals to realize their need for God’s wisdom in their own lives, beginning with knowing His solution to their sin problem. Pray for them to choose His wise ways.
2. Sandefjord is the whaling capital of the world. Pray for a captain of a whaling ship to come across a Bible, read it, see God’s wisdom shining forth there, and bow the knee to His Creator, echoing Paul’s praise in Romans 11.
3. Pray for Christians who go to the Sandefjord Baptistkirke (a church) to avail themselves of the promise of James 1:5 – God will give His wisdom to all who ask in faith.
