Words Taught by the Spirit

November 10

I Corinthians 2:13 says, “We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit.” This makes it abundantly clear that the wisdom of God is not something that is acquired by human understanding. Of Himself, our great and mighty God tells us, “My ways are not your ways; My thoughts are not your thoughts,” Isaiah 55:8. He goes on to say in the following verse that His ways and His thoughts are above those of mere men.

Therefore, the natural pursuit of knowledge does not impart spiritual wisdom to a man. Though he may be wise in the ways of the world, his ‘human wisdom’ will avail him nothing in the realm of the eternal. The insight that can promote a man’s interests in life, accrue nothing to his spiritual account.

The Bible tells us that we may see wicked men flourishing as trees planted by the side of a river (see Psalm 37:35), but his prosperity, his strength are temporary. All that he has, all that appears to be his great advantage, are nothing. They shall cease the moment he draws his final breath.

Because we were designed for eternity, there is a longing deep within us that will remain unsatisfied if all our striving is toward the end of our temporal advancement. We are created for fellowship with the Holy One and unless and until we direct our endeavors toward Him, we cannot be spiritually prosperous, nor can we be wise in the things of eternity.

If, however, we apply ourselves to the things of the Lord, we have His assurance that the One He has sent, the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, will teach us all things (John 14:26). It is those things taught to us by the Holy Spirit that shall illumine our eyes to see the things that matter not only in time but in eternity.