"Power In Wisdom"

Scripture:

1 Corinthians 1:18

I know very well how foolish the message of the cross sounds to those who are on the road to destruction. But we who are being saved recognize this message as the very power of God. (NLT)

Observation:

The most brilliant minds know how impossible it is for a person to bring himself back to life after being dead for three days. The most intelligent people on earth cannot rationalize how something can be made out of nothing. The greatest scholars and philosophers that the world has to offer get together to debate the origin of life and come up with ideas that are far more difficult to understand than the sovereignty of God and His power to create. This is why God says in verse 19; “I will destroy human wisdom and discard their most brilliant ideas.” The most simple and easy to understand plan that God has for our lives makes the plans of wise men utterly foolish to the Creator (1 Corinthians 3:19).

Application:

I think it is of great value for brilliant people to dedicate their minds discovering how life works in order to better help and improve human life. I also believe that God created us with the desire to explore His creation and to discover new and amazing things about the universe He created with all of its amazing functions. But sadly, many of the gifted brilliant people will never discover the truth because they refuse to believe what God has said about His creation and where it is headed. The comparison I like to make of the knowledge and capability of God to that of the most brilliant men is much like comparing the size of the universe to an ameba. God is so far above man (Jeremiah 10:12) that a comparison cannot be rationally made, for with God there is no limit. We cannot and never will be able to save ourselves from dying, or from the final wrath and judgment of God. It is for this very reason that we must believe in the LORD our God and trust His every Word (Isaiah 45:22). My dear friends, the best laid plans of man are total nonsense to God, for He can change anything He wants with the blink of an eye. The best advice for mankind is found in the pages of the Bible. For if all you have is the basic knowledge of the LORD, you have far greater knowledge than the most brilliant of minds who deny God. For to believe in your Creator and by putting your precious life (the one He made) in His care is an incredibly wise choice; a decision which is not only the best way to live your life, but it is also the only way you will be able to escape the coming day of judgment that will forever separate those who have made the world their God from their Creator, who will condemn them into the place of all evil!

Prayer:

Thank You, Lord, for teaching us the truth about who You are and who we aren’t. So many of Your people believe they are the sole masters of their destiny; that they are the gods of their own lives. Please open the eyes of their hearts so that they, too, would know their true place in the scheme of Your plan. And with this kind of knowledge we are then able to maneuver safely through this life with confidence, and because our lives are safely in Your hands we can discover the true joy in living.

Amen