What Does She Look Like? - Proverbs 8

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Proverbs 8

Before a man makes any type of investment in a woman he is interested in what she looks like.  Does she look healthy?  Does she look happy?  Does she look like someone I want wake up with for the rest of my life?  Does she look like she will love and respect me? Every woman is beautiful, because God created her to be.  Chapter 8 gives us a picture of what Wisdom looks like, how she acts and where she came from. According to vs. 22-31 God also created the beauty that is wisdom itself.  She says,

“The Lord formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else. I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began. I was born before the oceans were created, before the springs bubbled forth their waters. Before the mountains were formed, before the hills, I was born - before he had made the earth and fields and the first handfuls of soil. I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans. I was there when he set the clouds above, when he established springs deep in the earth. I was there when he set the limits of the seas, so they would not spread beyond their boundaries. And when he marked off the earth’s foundations, I was the architect at his side. I was his constant delight, rejoicing always in his presence. And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoiced with the human family!"

Wisdom, The Architect - Prov. 8:30

These verses were the most interesting to me.  Some say that Solomon is giving us a picture of Christ and His role in creation.  I might be inclined to think that other than I believe that Jesus IS God and was NOT created by God because He has always been part of the Great I AM, the Alpha & Omega, the First and the Last from everlasting to everlasting.

What I do think Solomon is doing here is personifying the specific characteristic of God that is His Wisdom.  This poetic retelling of the creation story is told from the perspective of God's Wisdom and how God created the world consulting his trusty "architect" so that each molecule would be set with Wisdom as its binder.  

If we personified one of God's other attributes, such as Truth, into this passage it might read something like this, with Truth saying, "The Lord formed me from the beginning, before he created anything else...I was there when he established the heavens, when he drew the horizon on the oceans, I was the transit by which he leveled it...I was his constant assurance, trusting always in His presence. And how happy I was with the world he created; how I rejoiced with the human family!"

Truth, just like Wisdom, is a part of who God is.  God could not have created the world without them because he could not have created the world without all of himself - including Jesus and the Spirit.

So I encourage you to re-read chapter 8 considering how each lyric that creatively describes Wisdom is in fact painting a picture of God Himself.  So what does Wisdom look like?  She looks like the Everlasting, Creator God. Now who wouldn't want to wake up with that each morning?

Chapter 8 Survival Skills:
This entire chapter is outlining what wisdom looks like.  When we know what we are looking for it is easy to DISCERN what it is we are NOT looking for.