The Depth & Aim of God’s Wisdom! (Part Four)

Pastor Robert L. Taylor
Oct 12
2 min read

Paul teaches, “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen.” (Romans 11:36). Not only does our passage teach us about the depth of God’s wisdom, it also teaches us about the focus or aim of God’s wisdom. That’s our second point: the aim of God’s wisdom. In other words, what does God use His wisdom to do? What grand purpose is God pursuing? We’ve already said that wisdom is the ability to use knowledge and act upon knowledge for the best end. But, what is that end? Look at verse 36: So just going through that phrase by phrase: all things are “from” God in that He’s the Creator of them all, all things are “through” God in the sense that He sustains and preserves them, and all things are “to” God in the sense that everything exists for His glory. The emphasis here falls on that third item—the fact that all things are “to” God—because notice how Paul draws out that third item with his next sentence: “To him be glory forever.” So the focus of the wisdom of God is the glory of God! In other words, God is not just doing things aimlessly in this world. God’s orchestrating everything that happens for a purpose: to bring glory to His name! He’s all about His own glory. It’s good and right for God to seek His own glory. He’s the One who created the world and who sustains the world and who governs the world righteously. So He deserves every bit of the glory He’s pursuing. And not only should we acknowledge that it’s good and right for God to seek His own glory, but we should also join Him in that endeavor. Remember, He created us. Paul says, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). That should be the grand ambition of our lives. Our lives should be all about the glory of God. So God is all about—and invites us to be all about—His own glory. Back in Romans 11, that’s what Paul presents as the aim of God’s wisdom. God exercises His wisdom with the goal of bringing glory to Himself. Be encouraged!