𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟖:𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡:

How important is wisdom? God had it when He created the heavens and the earth out of nothing (Gen 1:1; Heb 11:3). They show His power, wisdom, and discretion (Jer 10:12; 51:15). Lady Wisdom here encourages you to value wisdom highly because God does. The modern and weak concept of Intelligent Design does not do the LORD Jehovah justice, for He is infinitely wise with perfect understanding and creative genius far beyond mere intelligence or intellectual capacity. He is wise, and He calls you to be wise. Intelligence, or mere analysis and application, falls short of wisdom. God arranged and ordained every aspect of the universe when there had never been such a thing before to analyze. He also has the power of right judgment to discretely and prudently interact with other rational creatures. He inspired Solomon to write Proverbs for you to get wisdom. Who thought the earth was flat? The children of Jehovah God have always known the earth was round. When the blessed and only Creator God formed the earth’s atmosphere, and when He wrapped it around the ball of water hanging in space, wisdom was there with Him. Lady Wisdom offers you wisdom today by this proverb and the rest of Jehovah’s scriptures. Will you accept her gracious offer (Pr 8:1-5,32-36; 9:1-12)? How great is wisdom? After Lady Wisdom’s introduction and invitation (Pr 8:1-5), she described the excellence and truth of wisdom (Pr 8:6-11), the benefits that flow to those having it (Pr 8:12-21), and the presence and use of wisdom by God in the creation of the heavens and earth (Pr 8:22-31). She then concluded with a further invitation (Pr 8:32-36). Wisdom is the most precious thing you can obtain in life (Pr 3:13-20; 4:5-13; 8:10-11). This proverb exalts wisdom by showing it was with God in the creation of the heavens and His arrangement for the heavens to circle and encompass the watery globe. God created the heavens, the earth, and light on the first day (Gen 1:1-5; Ex 20:11; 31:17). He created the earth’s atmosphere on the second day, which is the firmament of heaven that separated the water above the sky from the water covering the earth (Gen 1:6-8). God created the universe. The interstellar and interplanetary spaces and the spherical globe of the earth were formed first (Gen 1:1). The earth was a formless ball covered with water hanging in the total darkness of space (Gen 1:2). God then added light, without light sources for three days, mind you, to complete the first day (Gen 1:3-5,14-19). The only big bang, if there was one, occurred when God said, “Let there be light:” – and there was light (Gen 1:3)! If God has given you faith, you understand it (Heb 11:3). God created the earth’s atmosphere. He separated waters on the earth’s surface by an expanse called heaven, which we call atmosphere, in which birds and planes fly (Gen 1:6-8,20). He gathered the waters on the earth and under this atmosphere into seas on the third day (Gen 1:9). The waters above the atmosphere remained there for the 1,656 years before rain (Gen 2:5-6; 7:4; Heb 11:7). It was not until the Flood that rain appeared; it was not until after the Flood that rainbows appeared (Gen 7:11-12; 9:12-15). The Lord compassed, or encircled, the earth with this atmospheric heaven as part of His creative work on the second day. Included in these first two days of creation was the ordination of gravity to hold the waters and the atmosphere around the earth. Though the earth spins at 1000 mph, the atmosphere that compasses the earth moves right along with the earth, so you are not blown away! From the vantage point of spacecraft, you can see the aqua blue ball suspended by nothing in the firmament of heaven. Give God the glory! The word “compass” in this proverb describes the circle, circumference, curve, arc, ring, or round shape of the atmospheric heaven that God wrapped around the ball we call earth. He set a compass, or a circle, over the watery earth before there was land (Pr 8:29; Gen 1:3-5)...