Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. – Daniel 2:20b

Scripture reading: Daniel 2:14-23

Yesterday, we considered that God knows all things perfectly. But there is more to God’s knowledge.  He uses His perfect knowledge of everything for the very best purposes, with the very best means possible, for His greatest glory and our greatest good! That is His wisdom! 100% trustworthy!

The Lord makes His knowledge and wisdom available to us. He did so with Daniel so that lives would be spared and the king’s dream could be explained. It brought Daniel to humble adoration, for the Lord is the Source of all wisdom!

God’s wisdom is not only seen in how He governs the world and upholds creation, but especially in how He designed His marvellous plan of salvation! Who could ever have thought about a world like ours? But even more so, who could ever have thought about a plan of salvation in which both justice and mercy are fully satisfied, and wretched sinners are saved to the uttermost? What unfathomable wisdom it is that the cross, (which is considered foolishness by many, and a stumbling block to others), is the place where God shows His wisdom, by crucifying Christ, God’s Wisdom, in order to save fools! Truly, the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of the wisest person on earth! (1 Corinthians 1:20-31).

Let us, like Daniel, adore God’s breath-taking wisdom wherever we see it in His creation, in His providence and most of all in His wonderful salvation! Let us trust His wisdom, even when we don’t understand it.

Suggestions for prayer

Praise God for His wisdom, especially for the wisdom shown in the Gospel. Also, pray for the grace to trust His Wisdom especially in times when you don’t understand what He is doing in your life.

Rev. Pieter van der Hoek has been serving the Heritage Reformed Church of Burgessville since 2017. This daily devotional is also available in a print edition you can buy at Nearer to God Devotional.