October 18, 2025 4:00 am
Job's search for spiritual understanding is compared to human explorations for metals and precious stones, highlighting the elusive nature of true wisdom. He concludes that it cannot be found through the wisdom of this world or evolutionary humanism, but rather through God, who understands the way of wisdom and is the source of all treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. The Wisdom Mine. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job 28, 20. In one of his monologues, Job compares his search for spiritual understanding to human explorations for metals and precious stones. There is a vein for the silver, he said, And a place for gold. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. These all are easier to find than true wisdom.
It cannot be valued with the gold of au fur, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire the gold and the crystal cannot equal it, and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. Neither have animals discovered it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. It is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
The depth saith, It is not in me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Job is driven to ask where one must go to find and mine the vein of true wisdom. It is certainly not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to naught.
The mind of evolutionary humanism that dominates modern education and scholarship will yield only the fool's gold of science, falsely so called. Job found true wisdom only through God, and so must we for only God understandeth the way thereof. Unto man, he said. Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding. The Lord Jesus Christ is the ever-productive mind.
in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians two three If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/slash donate. Your gift of any amount helps us to reach others with biblical truth and encouragement.
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