Daily delight

Wisdom, in Proverbs 8:22, says, “The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.”

Jordan explains, “Wisdom says, ‘When He starts doing all that He’s doing, He already had me! He already had the purpose.’ Verse 30 says, ‘Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.’ Wisdom’s saying, ‘You couldn’t get us away from one another. Best friends. I was daily his delight.’

In five of the six days of creation in Genesis 1 God looks at it and says, ‘It’s good.’ At the end, He says, ‘It’s very good.’ Jordan explains, “When He said that, He’s not talking about moral perfection. He’s saying, ‘Hey, the plan’s coming together! What I’ve created matches my plan!’ What’s the plan? ‘Rejoicing in the habitable parts of the earth. My delights were with the sons of men.’

“God was creating a universe in which He purposed to live. A creation that recognized Him, His glory, His wisdom, Him as being worthy. He was creating a universe to share His life, to share the life that He has. To share the purpose that He has. To take His understanding and to share that.

“God’s purpose in the creation is to honor and exalt His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. To bring Him, His authority, His headship as the supreme thing.

"The Bible’s an amazing treasure. It’s God’s special revelation of Himself. It’s not a random heap of verses and text and personal good-luck charms. The Bible’s a gripping story, a story of an awesome God who is Himself on a mission. A God who’s got a plan and purpose and is accomplishing something, and the ultimate goal of that mission is to exalt His Son and to share His life and His life’s purpose with a creation.”