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“ALL THE TREASURES OF WISDOM” 49
iah foretold: “Upon him the spirit of Jehovah must settle
down, the spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the
spirit of counsel and of mightiness, the spirit of knowledge
and of the fear of Jehovah.” (Isaiah 11:2) With
Jehovah’s spirit resting upon him and guiding his thinking
and decisions, is it any wonder that Jesus’ words and
actions reflected superlative wisdom?
7 Jesus gained wisdom from his Father in another profound
way. As we saw in Chapter 2, during his prehuman
existence, which spanned countless ages, Jesus had
the opportunity to absorb his Father’s thoughts on matters.
We cannot begin to imagine the depth of wisdom
that the Son gained at his Father’s side, laboring as God’s
“master worker” in the creation of all other things, both
animate and inanimate. For good reason, the Son in his
prehuman existence is described as wisdom personified.
(Proverbs 8:22-31; Colossians 1:15, 16) Throughout his
ministry, Jesus was able to draw on the wisdom he had
gained alongside his Father in heaven. (John 8:26, 28,
38) Therefore, we need hardly be surprised at the breadth
of knowledge and depth of understanding reflected in Jesus’
words or at the soundness of judgment evident in his
every deed.
8 As followers of Jesus, we too need to look to Jehovah as
the source of wisdom. (Proverbs 2:6) Of course, Jehovah
does not impart miraculous wisdom to us. He does, however,
answer our earnest prayers for the wisdom necessary
to deal successfully with the challenges of life. (James 1:5)
To gain that wisdom requires much effort on our part. We
Evidently, when “the heavens were opened up” at the time of
Jesus’ baptism, the memory of his prehuman existence was restored
to him.—Matthew 3:13-17.
8. As followers of Jesus, how may we gain wisdom?