Playing before the Creator

Proverbs 8:27-31 says When the Lord established the heavens I was there, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep; when he made firm the skies above, when he fixed fast the foundations of the earth; when he set for the sea its limit, so that the waters should not transgress his command; then was I beside him as his craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while, playing on the surface of his earth; and I found delight in the human race.

The writer here is speaking of wisdom, portraying her as a person who was always in the mind of God. But we too can identify with this image--the image of having been in the mind of God before the creation of the world. We were his delight, and such thoughts should fill us with profound peace and joy. For no matter how our lives twist and turn, the same God who held us in his mind's eye, who found his delight in imagining our creation, is with us still, with no less intensity of love and design.

God intends that we should "play before him" by trusting his providence, knowing our serious life needs the light hearted joy of confidence, so that we too may be as wisdom, beside him as his craftsman, assisting him in his creation and delighting him day and night.