Wisdom is There in the Beginning 9-12-08

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You were before all created things, and yet here You are with me. I am amazed and undone in the immensity of the glory of Your Presence. ... "Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth -- when He had not yet made earth and fields, or the world's first bits of soil. When He established the heavens, I was there, when He drew a circle on the face of the deep, when He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep, when He assigned the sea to its limit, so that the waters might not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside Him like a master worker; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always, rejoicing in His inhabited world and delighting in the human race" (Proverbs 8:24-31). Scientists in Switzerland are testing a nuclear collider to try to simulate the beginning of the world. In a sense, science is simply a search for truth -- to find it, verify it, and share it. And since You are the Truth, science is a pursuit of You, whether we know it or not. All things we find and verify and share are the things You have put there for us to find. There's something in the searching that forces us to acknowledge our lack of the fullness of knowledge and wisdom. No matter how hard we may search, no matter how much we may boast that we already know what the answer will likely be, in the end, the searching is an admission we don't really know. Searching for truth is part of the adventure of life we were created to share with You. "Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? ... Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold; for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you desire cannot compare with her" (Proverbs 8;1-11). Longing and searching for truth is part of being fully alive and fully engaged in our journey to spiritual maturity on Your earth. "It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out" (Proverbs 25:2). And if our nuclear collider were to recreate or simulate "the big bang" at the beginning of time, there You would be -- with Your wisdom by Your side, rejoicing and delighting in the handiwork of the creation of Your "inhabited world and delighting in the human race. Our science would have led us to Your wisdom. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight" (Proverbs 9:10). "In the beginning" ... there You are (Genesis 1:1). Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Come to The Fountain! on the 3rd Friday night of every month for our ministry's gathering of the body of Christ from every tradition and stream to worship the Lord in Sprit and in Truth. Come drink deeply from the Living Waters in the freedom of the Spirit. 7 pm in the chapel at Centenary. All are welcome. Call for details: 859-422-1794 or send a note to Marilyn at DirOfMinistries@aol.com Come to the Mountain! every Monday night at 7 pm to pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem led by Doris and Bob McCray of our ministry. Special Guest Speaker Stan Goodenough Monday Night Sept. 22. Contact Vicky at vickywelch77@yahoo.com for this event. Hosted in the upstairs community room of First Southern National Bank at 3060 Harrodsburg Rd in Lexington. Contact Doris at bndmccray@windstream.net All are welcome! Subscribe free by email to me at Messiah Ministries -- MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord ... Ministering the Healing Love of God" www.messiah-ministries.org 2800 Tates Creek Rd; Lexington, KY 40502 Order our Ministry Resources at: www.shop.messiah-ministries.org