Please read this passage before reading this homily.
Wisdom is a late book of the Bible. It was written at a time or in a culture where good people were considered children of God. According to the thought of the wicked, the good person had boasted that “God is his Father.” The gospels tell us that Jesus referred to himself as Son of God (Cf Luke 22:70; John 10:30-33 among others).
What would have happened had the wicked destroyed their Jewish adversary? We do not know, but the text tells us that the one who believes in God will be protected by God. In our Christian belief, we believe that, although Jesus died, God raised him from the dead on the third day.
We Christians believe that we share the lot of Jesus, the Son of God, through our baptism into his body. The fact that we have become children of God through baptism means that we have we been called into goodness and are, thereby, challenged to live like Jesus in our daily lives.
We must admit that, although we have not succeeded aways in making the goodness of Jesus manifest in the world, we have contributed some additional goodness to the world through our Christian way of living. Although we have not been perfect, God has worked through us to make God’s presence felt in the world of today.
The wicked do not understand the hidden plans of God. It is not that believers understand completely the hidden plans of God, but it is that the believers, through faith, have greater appreciation of God’s plans. During this Lenten time, we are called to reflect and study God’s word so that we can grow in appreciation of that word.