Who is Wisdom?

I know that's a strange question but the writer of Proverbs 8:22-36 leads us down a different path by personalizing wisdom. The writer says that wisdom was appointed from eternity, from the beginning before the world began. Before the oceans were made and before the mountains and hillsides were set in place, wisdom was given birth. Wisdom was with the Lord before the heaven and earth was made and wisdom was by His side when He finally decided to create the heavens and the earth. The writer says that wisdom was filled with delight day after day rejoicing in His presence. Proverbs 8:35 says that whoever finds me (wisdom) finds life and receives favor from the Lord but whoever fails to to find me (wisdom) harms himself.

This is a beautiful passage that clearly reveals Jesus Christ as the personification of God's wisdom. He was with the Father from the beginning and knew that someday he would become the pathway for all of us who want to return to the father. He left the majesty and beauty of His father's heavenly realm to become like us so that we might see what the Father was like first hand.

When we find true wisdom we find Jesus.