But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
1 Corinthians 1:30, KJV
Beloved, when you depend on God’s wisdom to
succeed today, you will see whatever you do prosper. Simply observe how our
Lord Jesus always flowed in divine wisdom in His earthly ministry. For example,
look at what happened when the Pharisees brought the woman caught in adultery
to Him. The Pharisees came to Him and quoted from the law, saying, “Teacher,
this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law,
commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” (John 8:4–5).
They thought that they had succeeded in trapping
Jesus because if He told them to stone her, then they would accuse Him of not
demonstrating the forgiveness and grace that He had been preaching about. If He
were to say that they should not stone her, then the Pharisees would accuse Him
of breaking the law of Moses and bring a charge against Him.
The Pharisees were probably gloating over the
clever trap that they had devised. That is why they confronted Jesus in the
public area around the temple. They wanted to embarrass Him in front of the
multitudes that had come to hear Him teach. Now, observe the wisdom of Jesus in
operation. He simply told them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw
a stone at her first” (John 8:7).
What majesty! They came to Jesus with the law of
Moses and Jesus gave them the perfect standard of the law. Without flinching,
He simply challenged the person who was perfect before the law to cast the
first stone. The Pharisees who had come to ensnare Jesus began to walk away one
by one, completely silenced. This same Jesus, with all His wisdom, is today our
ascended Christ, who is seated at the Father’s right hand, and whom the Bible
says is “made unto us wisdom!”
From this and other accounts of Jesus in the
Gospels, we see how in everything He does, our Savior is altogether lovely. He
is never early, never late. He is always at the right place at the right time.
He is always in perfect peace and there is no sense of hurry about Him. When it
was time to be tender, He was infinitely gentle, gracious and forgiving—we see
this from His response to the woman caught in adultery (John 8:10–11). When it
was time to overturn the tables of the money changers, He did it with passion.
He was never frazzled by the Pharisees’ attempts to trip Him up and was always
flowing with divine wisdom. He is steel and velvet, meekness and majesty,
perfect manhood and deity. This is Jesus and you are in Him! Begin to see
yourself in Christ, who is always flowing with divine wisdom, always in control
of the situation, and the same wisdom that flows in Him will flow in and
through you. (Article and Picture; courtesy of Joseph Prince Ministries
used with kind permission).
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