Hid in Wisdom

The king of Tyre must’ve been some chap; Ezekiel arrays him in the glory of Satan before his fall. “You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty” (v. 12). It sounds like he was the most God-like creature that ever was made, the very stamp of perfected beauty. And yet it was he who made the first sin exchange! “Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor” (v. 17).

Unlike the foul fumes and desolate wastelands of Mordor, the wicked in this world prize outward beauty. Thus, if we should happen to find heavenly wisdom and earthly beauty or pleasure at odds with each other, let us choose the hidden and chaste but superior beauty of fearing God over the easy luxury of doing what looks or feels best. For sin is essentially self-worship.

Let us also praise our heavenly Father for the gift of his Son Jesus, who suffered in tangible weakness while winning our eternal salvation from sin, death, and Satan by his invincible wisdom.