It’s a shame that Paul isn’t around now a days to give us some of the best “Chuck Norris” or “Jack Bauer” metaphors and comparisons ever. I mean there are some good ones, “Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.” So when you read something like that, you know that it is a metaphor on how strong, great and mighty is Chuck Norris. The apostle Paul gives us something that would be the equivalent but so much better because he is talking about the strength, greatness and mightiness of our God.
Read I Corinthians 1:18-31
I think Paul should have added something to verse 25 for us to totally understand in our day and context. Paul could have added the phrase, “too bad there is no foolishness in God or too bad there is not an iota of weakness.” I think that is how the originally readers read this. I mean they understood that Paul isn’t pointing to the fact that there is foolishness in God or that there is weakness, but that we can see the magnitude of God’s greatness compared to us.
Now it is one thing to understand these metaphors and make jokes, but it is another thing to truly understand that we have a God that is so amazing HUGE and GREAT that we are nothing compared to this God. We need to understand that as humans, we try our best to achieve and learn and become “better” people. We strive to get the most education because we believe that will translate to success. However, we have to see that God will destroy the wisdom of the worldly wise and the intelligence of the world will be frustrated by God. So as much as we want to put God in a box and understand Him, He is too infinite and great to fit in that box.
So what God wants is for us to understand the power of God. The message of the cross is foolishness to those that are perishing, I mean the cross makes no sense to someone that doesn’t understand God’s power and someone that is trying to live for themselves. But God uses us that are broken to deliver the true message that God is the one that does it all for us because He is all powerful.
Take some time now to reflect if you are truly living that out in your life. Do you believe in a God that is so magnificient and wonderful? If you do believe in that
God, how does that effect your living – are you living fully for Him who is worthy of your whole being?
Tuesday: Pray for your family
Pray that you will be able to spend more quality time with your family
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