1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Studyheadquarters dot com. 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. I'm John Stangey, 4 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 1: and today we're in Job chapter twenty eight, and we'll 5 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: be reading from the message. We all know how silver 6 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: seems the rocks. We've seen the stuff from which gold 7 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: is refined. We're aware of how iron is dug out 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: of the ground, and copper is smelted from rock. Miners 9 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: penetrate the Earth's darkness, searching the roots of the mountains 10 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: for or digging away in the suffocating darkness, far from civilization, 11 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: far from the traffic, they cut a shaft and are 12 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: lowered into it by ropes. Earth's surface is a field 13 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: for grain, but its depths are a forge, firing sapphires 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 1: from stones and chiseling gold from rocks. Vultures are blind 15 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: to its riches. Hawks never lay eyes on it. Wild 16 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: animals are oblivious to it. Lions don't know it's there. 17 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: Miners hammer away at the rock. They uproot the mountains. 18 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: They tunnel through the rock and find all kinds of 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: beautiful gems. They discover the origins of rivers and bring 20 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: Earth's secrets to light. But where, oh where will they 21 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: find wisdom? Where does insight hide? Mortals don't have a clue, 22 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: haven't the slightest idea where to look? Earth's depths say 23 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: it's not here. Ocean deeps, echo, never heard of it. 24 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: It can't be bought with the finest gold. No amount 25 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: of silver can get it. Even famous o fear gold 26 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: can't buy it. Not even diamonds and sapphires. Neither gold 27 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: nor emeralds are comparable. Extravagant jewelry can't touch it. Pearl 28 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: necklaces and ruby bracelets, why bother? None of this is 29 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: even a down payment on wisdom. Piled gold and African 30 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: diamonds as high as you will, they can't hold a 31 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: candle to wisdom. So where does wisdom come from? And 32 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: where does insight live? It can't be found by looking, 33 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: no matter how deep you dig, no matter how high 34 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: you fly. If you search through the graveyard and question 35 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: the dead, they say, we've only heard rumors of it. 36 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: God alone knows the way to wisdom. He knows the 37 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: exact place to find it. He knows where everything is 38 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,920 Speaker 1: on earth. He sees everything under heaven. After he commanded 39 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 1: the winds to blow and measured out the waters, arranged 40 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: for the rain, and set off explosions of thunder and lightning. 41 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: He focused on wisdom, made sure it was all set 42 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,679 Speaker 1: and tested and ready. Then he addressed the human race. Here, 43 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 1: it is fear of the Lord that's wisdom. An insight 44 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: means shunning evil. Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for 45 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: your word, and we thank you for the privilege of 46 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: being able to look at it together today. And Lord, 47 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: as we look at this portion of scripture, we can 48 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: see that job is expressing a confidence that you are 49 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: the source of wisdom, that you are wisdom personified, and 50 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: that having a true reverence for you, a true respect 51 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: for you, is how we can be open to receiving 52 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: the wisdom that you supply. Lord, we know that when 53 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: we place our faith in your son Jesus Christ, at 54 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: that moment, we're in dwelled by your Holy Spirit, and 55 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: you grant us wisdom as a gift through faith in 56 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ, and we're grateful for that. Lord. 57 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: We pray that we would exercise your wisdom, that we 58 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 1: would apply your word to the contexts of life that 59 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 1: we find ourselves in that we would listen to your counsel, 60 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,679 Speaker 1: and that the allure of worldly wisdom, which isn't wisdom 61 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 1: at all, wouldn't be something that we would be sucked into, 62 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: but that we would recognize that your wisdom is what 63 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,280 Speaker 1: we need. So we're grateful, Lord that we find that 64 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: through faith in your son. And we thank you, Lord 65 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: that you're present with us today. We thank you for 66 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: your counsel, for your guidance, and for the instruction of 67 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: your word. And we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.