Daily Wisdom

“Whom shall I teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.” Isa 28:9

One’s growth, maturity or knowledge in the Lord is illustrated by three stages; Infancy, Adolescence and Adult-hood.  And just as a new-born infant starts with the their mother’s breast milk before they advance physically to foods with more substance, Isaiah states, how can God grow you spiritually if God can’t get you past infancy and your mother’s milk? In ch. 29 these verses characterize the people's reaction to Isaiah. In effect, they were saying, "He's speaking to us like a schoolteacher speaks to small children. We don't need to be taught. We'll make up our own minds." For this attitude, Isaiah prophesied the lesson will still occur, and that the Assyrians would teach them in a way they would like even less. Paul spoke to the same issue in Rom 1 by stating “they knew God but glorified him not, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” (Rom 1:21-22). Foolish is one who claims their own maturity or wisdom (Pro 22:4), and yet they are still living on milk. Self relied/determined wisdom is idolatry; it makes God in our image, instead of the reverse. A fool can know; but knowledge is understanding wisdom is in God.

Don’t boast in counting the seeds in an apple when only God can count the apples in a seed!

HSAY…Todd