Who Has ... What Is His Name?
24023 Proverbs 30:4 The Context: Recorded near the end of the Book of Proverbs the wise man comes to the realization that as much as we know, or think we know, we don’t really know very much. After contemplating life he admits that he is weary, worn out, and even stupid; he doesn’t understand, hasn’t learned wisdom and does not have knowledge of the Holy One. Yet, God uses him to prompt us to answer the question…
God Asks Us: Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know!
jne: With all our scientific advancements we have come to the place where we think we can answer the questions with the bold “we have been to heaven and back;” “we understand the wind and the water and we’ve explored the ends of the earth.” Our blind pride answers: “We know how it is all evolving.” We end up worshipping the earth and the universe, our science. We answer the question “who has…?” with “we have!” If we stop our search with a focus simply on the world around us and do not look for the name of the Creator, or the One Who came to reveal Him to us we remain (no matter how much science we think we know) a stupid man. Do I really want to know The Holy One?
God Asks Us: Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name? Surely you know!
jne: With all our scientific advancements we have come to the place where we think we can answer the questions with the bold “we have been to heaven and back;” “we understand the wind and the water and we’ve explored the ends of the earth.” Our blind pride answers: “We know how it is all evolving.” We end up worshipping the earth and the universe, our science. We answer the question “who has…?” with “we have!” If we stop our search with a focus simply on the world around us and do not look for the name of the Creator, or the One Who came to reveal Him to us we remain (no matter how much science we think we know) a stupid man. Do I really want to know The Holy One?