From The Start

"'The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old'" (Proverbs 8:22).

From the start of God's work of creation, wisdom was there. She is personified in today's passage as God's very own wisdom. All that has been accomplished by God, in the past, has been done with wisdom. All that He will ever accomplish will be with wisdom. That is how important she is to us in our current situation.

Her various claims, in the preceding verses of Proverbs 8, are believable once we recognize her place in God's creative work. The Lord possessed wisdom as He created light, planets, stars, and moons. It was through wisdom they were perfectly positioned. It was by His wisdom that He formed plants, animals, minerals, water, and you. Wisdom has an impressive resume. She was there from the start and she is still here. She is ours if we want her.

Our creative work, important decisions, and game changing insights can be born of wisdom if only we will embrace her. Wisdom's history assures us she can impact our present and future. It is never too late for the living to acquire wisdom. She is a gift to those who will receive her. She has been that from the very start of time.