Earth Day Wisdom

Earth Day was this week and for many this is promoting man's wisdom above the wisdom of God. While we are called to be good stewards, this celebration was created with the mindset that man is in control of his own destiny and denies the existence of a sovereign God who is in control of the Universe's continuance. In Job chapter 38, God enters the scene and begins taking Job to task for his prolonged grief and loss. I hope to never be found having to answer God on questions like these. I only want to be found as that good and faithful servant. Today, trust that God is sovereign and has everything in his purview regarding your life. Wisdom is to trust God. 

Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare to Me, if you have and know understanding. Who determined the measures of the earth, if you know? Or who stretched the measuring line upon it? Upon what were the foundations of it fastened, or who laid its cornerstone, (Job 38:4-6 AMP)

In Job 38:36, we begin to see that God is the spring from which all wisdom comes. Our rational souls are a result of a creative God. If we can examine how great God is by the vastness of the universe and all it holds and displays, can we also embrace the complexity of man and his inner parts? Man has placed the telescopes, sent probes to other planets and into space, and even landed on the moon, yet he has only discovered at most a thimble full of what God has created. Man has studied genetics, their order, and make up, yet he has only examined a minute portion of the human body. Man has tried to explore the depths of the soul, but can find no inner peace in all his knowledge without embracing a living, creative God! From the micro to the macro, man has yet to discover the end of God's creative work and he never will. 

It is only when we align our souls with the creator God that we begin to understand how weak we are. Can we pretend to be wiser than God? We were not designed to govern the universe and all that is within it. We struggle just to govern our lives. We were designed to worship the creator, to praise Him for all He has done for us, to recognize our dependence on Him and Him alone. Lately, it is only tragedy and world disasters that drive men to their knees and humbles their hearts to search for understanding and hope. It is at these times that we must be ready to introduce a living, creative God. Praise God for His mighty works. Declare His goodness. Humble yourself and exalt God to His rightful place in the earth and in your life. 

Moses and Aaron visit Pharaoh with this message from God, "How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me?" God, demonstrating His power used the things He had created to address the defiance of Pharaoh. Pharaoh did not understand the the earth is the Lord's and everything that is in it (Psalms 24:1). "By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible" (Hebrews 11:3, ESV).  Wisdom is to humble yourself and by faith trust the Living God. Again, praise God for His mighty works. Declare His goodness. Humble yourself and exalt God to His rightful place in the earth and in your life. 

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.  (Exodus 10:3 AMP)