Power, Knowledge, and Wisdom
Jeremiah provides a succinct summary of God’s creative force: power, knowledge, and wisdom. Through it, he established the entire universe, our physical realm of existence.
Power
God is a god of power. He is all-powerful, that is, almighty; he is omnipotent. There’s nothing he can’t do; nothing is too big for him, too complicated, or too hard.
He unleashed his unlimited power to create us, our world, and the universe we live in.
How he did it doesn’t matter, but he was there at the beginning and before the beginning, creating our temporal reality out of his power.
Knowledge
Power without knowledge is, at best, a wasted effort; at worst, it is a tragedy. Fortunately, God is also a god of knowledge. He knows all things; nothing is beyond his comprehension. He is omniscient.
Creation is birthed by his power and through his knowledge.
Wisdom
Without wisdom, knowledge and power have no purpose. God is wisdom; he exemplifies the ultimate in understanding. Wisdom guides power and informs knowledge to create something truly marvelous.
In his wisdom he made all things, working perfectly together in the ultimate masterpiece.
We are an amazing creation, living on an amazing world, stationed in an amazing universe. We applaud God for making it all, using equal parts power, knowledge, and wisdom.
Thank you, God. You are awesome.
[Read through the Bible with us this year. Today’s reading is Jeremiah 51-52 and today’s post is on Jeremiah 51:15.]
Peter DeHaan writes about biblical Christianity to confront status quo religion and live a life that matters. He seeks a fresh approach to following Jesus through the lens of Scripture, without the baggage of made-up traditions and meaningless practices.
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