Eyewitnesses of His Majesty Luke 2:40B

Luke 2:40 And the child [Jesus] grew and became strong, filled with wisdom.

As a child Jesus was filled with wisdom. In the following narrative, which I plan to write about soon, we will see how remarkably wise he was at such a tender age.

Jesus had wisdom beyond any other person in history. One of the blessings of having a perfect Lord and Savior and being able to meditate on his life is to see how he was perfect in every aspect. He was perfect in wisdom. Jesus being God was in his being wisdom. Jesus' wisdom was beyond that even of Solomon. Although God did give Solomon immense treasures of wisdom (by which we are still blessed) Solomon also demonstrated his compulsion to utter foolishness. The wisdom in Solomon's life was mixed with and contaminated by his foolishness and hypocrisy. Christs' wisdom was the wisdom from above that is pure (James 3:17). Jesus thoughts and actions were not corrupted by any sinful motive or desire. Oh that we could say the same about our own.

There are wise men and foolish men. There are men (and women of course) who are all over the spectrum of wisdom and foolishness.

The end of that spectrum, the greatest wisdom, the wisdom by which all other wisdoms aught to be judged is Jesus' wisdom. "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Col 2:3).

When we think of wisdom we are thinking about the activity of the heart and the mind. We are thinking about what someone thinks and what someone chooses. When we examine decisions or thoughts they should be examined with this in mind how closely do they align to Jesus' thoughts and decisions.

Jesus was certainly filled with wisdom beyond any other man, but he obtained wisdom in the same way other men do. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Prov 9:10).

The fear of the Lord is a description of motivation. To fear the Lord is to live ones life in obedience to God's revealed will loving to please God and dreading to displease him. To fear the Lord is to treasure his commandments.

To live in this manner Jesus our Lord demonstrated perfectly.

We are to seek to follow our Lord's example. We are to seek and pray for the fear of the Lord. We are to love God's commandments as he did.

Jesus was filled with wisdom even as a child and let us behold the man he became and think about whose will we do:

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.