Delight in Wisdom

In Proverbs 8 we are told that wisdom, who is personified throughout this chapter, cries out in the streets. We are taught the rewards and delight of following wisdom. Beyond that, we are told of the presence of wisdom while God was creating the world, setting up foundations of earth and setting boundaries for the seas. As we all know, shortly after His creation of this perfect world, mankind did the one act of disobedience that was known, and sin, entering into our world, took over and wiped out man's ability to know this delightful wisdom, taking away the rejoicing that comes from it (see verse 30). There is a beautiful picture here of God delighting in His creation. Since sin entered in, we now live in a world seeking out new knowledge, but wisdom is still crying out to us, longing for us to take hold of her and live in her ways. God has promised that to those who seek wisdom from Him will give it liberally (James 1:5).

So, here we see God's creation of the world, with delight and rejoicing; then sin enters and wisdom is no longer the delight of creation; and finally, wisdom cries out and we have a path to restoration. Of course, this does not mean that we will only need to be wise to enter into that restoration, but once we have accepted that Christ is our Lord and Saviour, we must hear the call of wisdom and follow after God's delight.