Three passages in Scripture plainly teach us the matchless superiority of godly wisdom versus worldly wisdom:
Genesis 41
Although Pharaoh had many magicians and wise men among his advisers, none of the Egyptian magicians or wise men had wisdom that was comparable to the wisdom that God gave Joseph:
Genesis 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Pharaoh acknowledged that there was no one who was as discreet and wise as Joseph was:
Genesis 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
First Kings 4
God gave Solomon exceedingly great wisdom:
1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
God through the inspired writer of First Kings made known the matchless superiority of the divine wisdom that He gave to Solomon versus the wisdom of all other people:
1 Kings 4:30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
Daniel 1
God gave to Daniel and his three friends surpassing wisdom that made them uniquely excellent among all those whom the king examined after they had been brought before him:
Daniel 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. 19 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Strikingly, the Spirit reveals that the king found Daniel and his friends to be ten times better than all the occult wise men that were in his entire kingdom of Babylon:
Daniel 1:20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
Application
God wants His people to accept that He gives matchless wisdom to those whom He specially chooses to be His own. When such people are devoted to Him through His working in their lives, their wisdom is surpassingly greater than all the wisdom of the world.
Consecrated believers must turn away from heeding all worldly wisdom in any area of their lives because their heeding any such wisdom is utterly unacceptable to God!
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