Attributes of God - God is Wise

There's just one attribute of God left for my series of blog entries; God is Wise.  At first, I wasn't certain exactly how to address it though.  Of course God is wise.  He's omniscient; He knows everything!  But then I started to think about the difference between knowledge and wisdom.

I was going to quote a Bible verse here, “Knowledge puffs up but wisdom builds up”. Unfortunately, this verse doesn't seem to actually exist.  I suppose I'll go a different direction...

Ever see the movie Rainman?  It follows an autistic man and his estranged brother on a cross-country road trip, but that's not important right now.  What is important, to my belabored point at least, is this.  The autistic character in this movie has incredible knowledge gained by obsessive observation of the world around him, but can't even cross the street safely without guidance.

In other words, knowledge is useful to a point, but wisdom is what guides the application of knowledge to its maximum effect.  God's omniscient knowledge was directed by His infinite wisdom with the effect being you and I and the universe we live in.  In His wisdom, God decided to create living, intelligent creatures that share many of His own attributes to a small extent.  Then, knowing that our free will allows us to make poor choices, His wisdom also directed the design of a plan for salvation for these beings He created.

Now, it is up to us.  We have knowledge about who God is and what He is all about; do we have the wisdom to ally ourselves with Him?