The Jesus Bible Reading PlanSample

THE WISE SON OF GOD

The author of this passage was Agur, the son of Jakeh. This man’s exact identity remains unknown because this is the only place he is mentioned in the Bible, but clearly he was a follower of God. He started the passage by claiming to be ignorant and unwise (vv. 2 – 3). He confessed that he was limited in terms of his wisdom. Wisdom begins with God, and Agur’s problem was that he did not have access to God in heaven. Humanity is limited because they cannot go up to heaven and come down. No human has the wisdom to create the world or hold the wind, so they have no access to true wisdom. Agur asked a series of rhetorical questions to indicate that humanity’s wisdom is limited; Agur implies that true wisdom belongs to the Almighty Creator — and his son (v. 4).

No human has gone up to heaven and come back down. No human can gather the wind in his fist. No human created the world. However, we read this passage from a different vantage point than Agur. Agur asked the name of the son, but he did not know what it was. We know it — Jesus Christ. We know that Jesus is the God-Man who came down from heaven as wisdom for us. In a roundabout way, Jesus answered Agur’s question in his conversation with Nicodemus. He said, “No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven — the Son of Man” (Jn 3:13). So, God’s Son has access to God’s wisdom, and in the goodness of God, he sent his Son to earth to make people wise!

Where should people look for that wisdom? Agur answered that question in the next two verses. They should look to the Word of God and refrain from adding to it or taking away from it because “every word of God is flawless” (Pr 30:5). Jesus is not just the Son of God; Jesus is the Word of God made flesh (Jn 1:1 – 14). Look to Jesus and his Word for the wisdom of God.

Jesus, what a gift I have in knowing your name—in knowing you personally! Thank you for your flawless Word, which provides the wisdom I need to honor you and bring you glory. Amen.