| So
where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the
world's brilliant debaters? God has made them all look foolish
and has shown their wisdom to be useless nonsense.
1 Corinthians
1:20 NLT
We were deceived by the wisdom of the serpent, but we are freed
by the foolishness of God.
St.
Augustine
The
wisdom of the world
The wisdom of the world
would never have chosen a cross for its salvation. The wisdom
of the world always chooses the path of obvious victory. It
knows nothing of the deeper battles and subtleties of faith.
It acts on what it sees on the surface and grabs as much visible
glory as it can. It will not wait; it seizes the day.
We are not born of that
spirit. We are born of the Spirit of God, and the Spirit of
God will lead us to the Cross. He points us to eternal realities,
not temporary glory. While earthly wisdom tells us to get what
we can while we can get it, God's wisdom shows us the reality
of eternity that lies beyond the visible nature of this corrupt
world. It shows us the Resurrection beyond the Cross.
Those of us who seek
true wisdom do not simply desire information from God. We want
to know what He is like. We must come to see Him as the source
of all truth, and we must take our cures from Him. We shouldn't
be satisfied with Him just telling us what to believe. We need
to see it in action.
God has given us the
answer, of course. We can examine the wisdom of Jesus, which
led Him to death for a greater good. What He did in surrendering
to the Cross was absolute foolishness in the eyes of the world.
And it still is. But we can see beyond the Cross if we are wise,
and based on what we see, we can walk toward it with confidence.
Adapted from The
One Year® Walk with God Devotional by Chris
Tiegreen, Tyndale House Publishers (2004), entry for April 14.
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