SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM II

Pro 9:1  "Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars"

As earlier stated, the Seven Pillars here speaks of permanency, this is therefore speaking of the IMPORTANCE and PERMANENCY of Wisdom

We continue our discourse on the Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Proverbs 8:12-14 gives us the description of these 7 PILLARS

"Wisdom dwell with (1)prudence, and find out (2)knowledge of witty inventions [discretion]. 

(3)The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.(4) Counsel is mine, and (5) sound wisdom [sound judgement]: am (6) understanding; I have (7) strength [power]. "

PILLAR #5 SOUND WISDOM

The fifth pillar of wisdom is found in verse 14 of Proverbs chapter 8 which we read before and it is sound wisdom.

Sound wisdom goes back to the Hebrew word of תּשׁיּה    תּוּשׁיּה tushiyah (too-shee-yaw) which means in a general sense, wise behaviour. In other words, it is talking about practical wisdom. How we put wisdom into use in our day to day behavior.

Consider Proverbs chapter 1 and verse 3. We’ll read from verse 1 for context:

“The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight; for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair”

Another version puts it this way: To receive instruction in wise behaviour, righteousness, justice and equity.

So this type of wisdom is talking about the way we use wisdom in our day to day behavior. What must we do to be wise in our daily behaviour? Well, wise behaviour is more clearly defined in the words which are contained in the last part of verse 3: “Righteousness, justice and equity”.

Righteousness means in the Hebrew to be right or straight. It is to act or live in an upright manner

Justice is the ability to come to a proper understanding of things through observation

Equity means a way of thought and conduct that is honest. It means fairness and impartiality

So sound wisdom means behaving each day with these three great themes being the basis of your behaviour. It goes hand in hand with the fourth pillar of wisdom, counsel. For people will only seek counsel where they know they can find sound wisdom. In other words, if a man or woman shows righteousness, justice and equity in their life, then others will come to them in confidence to seek wise counsel.

PILLAR #6 UNDERSTANDING 

This is the sixth Pillar of Wisdom as seen in our text –Understanding.

In order to understand, we must observe the following:

1.   To understand we need to firstly know the source of all wisdom. We must understand that all wisdom comes from only one source and that of course is our Heavenly Father.

2.   To understand we must secondly receive instruction from that source we call the Bible. It requires not casual detached study but disciplined study and learning. Knowledge and learning are the keys to being wise in the truth.

3.   And lastly, to understand, we must discern wisely. Like Solomon we need to be able to discern between good and evil.

PILLAR #7 POWER

The last pillar listed in chapter 8 and verse 14 of Proverbs is Strength or Power. There is no point in understanding a problem, if there is no power to implement the solution.

Eccl 7:19 “Wisdom makes one wise man more powerful than ten rulers in a city”

The man with godly wisdom is truly strong and fortified. Put in another way, if a man or woman has attained prudence, knowledge of sagacious things, fears God, gives and receives counsel, has sound wisdom in his or her behaviour, and has attained understanding then that person truly has power and strength. He or she is truly fortified against the evils of this world and is a true servant of God.

Luke 2:40 says “And the child grew and became strong: he was filled with wisdom and the grace of God was upon him”

Jesus attained his strength by being filled with wisdom and apriopriating God's Grace on his life. And this same wisdom is available to us, for as James says, God gives wisdom generously to all who ask. If we truly aspire to be like the man Jesus Christ then we must live in that house built by wisdom, dwelling amongst the seven pillars that she has hewn out.

Isaiah chapter 11:1-5 tells of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and how the great pillars of wisdom will rest on him

"A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the fear of the LORD.

He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist."

1 Cor 1: 20 says
"But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God…"

This same Jesus has become for you wisdom from God. If you are a businessman, with Christ in you, you have wisdom that is greater than the wisdom of all the world’s business gurus put together. And if you are a student, Christ in you will manifest wisdom that is greater than all the wisdom of the brilliant minds in the academic world.

Beloved, believe that because Jesus, God’s wisdom, is in you, there is no reason you cannot prosper today, and astound the world in the same way Solomon did!