A mine tour…
Parts of our family and friends went on a gold mine tour in Nevada this week. We have known this mine since the early 1970’s. At that time it was a little knob, with two tar paper shacks, a root cellar and a wooden stope tower…it was an underground mine in the 1930’s. We could walk around the various diggings, follow tunnels here and there, old iron mine cars and rails littered the area…
It has changed considerably over the years and is still one of the smaller gold mines in Nevada, but still impressive…
As I toured and wandered again, the verses in Job 28 came to mind again…this is one type of mining…which once was a small underground mine has turned to a large open pit which runs for miles…the once small ore cars of 3x5 feet have turned into gigantic trucks…the once seeable gold is now measured by parts per billion and leached on huge leach pads.
The thing that has stayed the same is God’s eternal wisdom…it is not found in mounds of dirt, nor in the accumulation of wealth…it can’t be purchased…it can only be found in the “fear of the Lord”….
Thank YOU….
“Surely there is a mine for silver,and a place for gold that they refine. Iron is taken out of the earth,and copper is smelted from the ore.
Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness.
He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives;they are forgotten by travelers;they hang in the air, far away from mankind; they swing to and fro.
As for the earth, out of it comes bread,but underneath it is turned up as by fire. Its stones are the place of sapphires,and it has dust of gold.
“Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.
He cuts out channels in the rocks,and his eye sees every precious thing. “
But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
It cannot be bought for gold,and silver cannot be weighed as its price.
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,in precious onyx or sapphire.
Gold and glass cannot equal it,nor can it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,nor can it be valued in pure gold.
“From where, then, does wisdom come?And where is the place of understanding? “
God understands the way to it,and he knows its place.
For he looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
When he gave to the wind its weight and apportioned the waters by measure,
And he said to man,‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Job.28.1-6,Job.28.9-10,Job.28.12,Job.28.15-20,Job.28.23-25,Job.28.28
For the Lord gives wisdom;from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
he stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justiceand watching over the way of his saints.
Then you will understand righteousness and justiceand equity, every good path;
for wisdom will come into your heart,and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
discretion will watch over you,understanding will guard you,
Prov.2.6-11
If I speak words of wisdom…
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