For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
I Corinthians 1:18-25
Bottom Line
God doesn’t need to fit in our box to be trusted.
Sources of wisdom we elevate above God:
- Politics
- Science & Reason
- Psychology & Brain Science
- Social Media & Influencers
Ideological boxes we try and fit God into:
- Constant Growth & the Myth of More
- Tolerance & Openness
- Follow Your Heart
Action Steps
Prayer
- What things do you look to over Godly wisdom?
- In what ways do you try to fit God in a box?
- How do you relate to God when His ways don’t “make sense”?
Practice
- Read Godly wisdom in the Bible this week (sermon on the mount, James, Proverbs)
- Look at your life through the lens of noticing how following the counterintuitive way of Jesus has led to abundant life
