Post by Lee on Dec 22, 2014 23:18:08 GMT
Job 29:4 "As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle"
“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant” (Ps. 25:14). What is that “Secret”? To see things not from a human, but from a divine point of view. It is another way of saying “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. 9:10). Divine wisdom is a “secret” which can only be obtained by a Daniel-like attitude towards God. It is a “secret” whose revelation is as necessary to save from endless death as was the revelation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to save Daniel from brutal slaughter. The “wisdom” which was given to him is but an illustration of God’s readiness to grant wisdom of another kind to those who do all things as in His sight, and approach Him in the right way. “If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (Jas. 1:5).
Vol. 20: The Christadelphian: p 206–207
“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant” (Ps. 25:14). What is that “Secret”? To see things not from a human, but from a divine point of view. It is another way of saying “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Prov. 9:10). Divine wisdom is a “secret” which can only be obtained by a Daniel-like attitude towards God. It is a “secret” whose revelation is as necessary to save from endless death as was the revelation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream to save Daniel from brutal slaughter. The “wisdom” which was given to him is but an illustration of God’s readiness to grant wisdom of another kind to those who do all things as in His sight, and approach Him in the right way. “If any man lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (Jas. 1:5).
Vol. 20: The Christadelphian: p 206–207