Weakness and Wisdom
How wise do we think we are? Do we look at the foolishness going on in our world and think we are far wiser? Do we submit to the wisdom of God? Have we considered that God’s foolishness is wiser than our human wisdom?
The typical path to wisdom progresses through experiences. As we experience various situations, make mistakes, or navigate them successfully, we learn and grow in wisdom. Yet none of us can experience everything and grow to the wisdom of God.
Each one of us should be able to confidently say we are far wiser in our fifties than we were in our twenties. During those thirty years we experienced more situations than we can count. Yet our brains have cataloged those experiences and what we learned going through them. If we utilize that learning to become wiser, we won’t make the same mistakes again.
Unfortunately, we often do not read and learn from history. We see the same mistakes being made throughout history. Oh, we learn some from history, but too often we think we can go through the same situation and produce a different outcome while tackling the problem in the same way.
We are told that God’s foolishness is far wiser than our wisdom. This statement is addressing what humans may think is the foolishness of the cross. Yet in God’s wisdom we are granted salvation, giving us eternal life with him. Without God’s wisdom (or foolishness of the cross), we would not have hope and salvation.
I pray we all submit to the wisdom of God. I pray we choose to seek God in all our decisions. I pray each one of us will give up our strength in order to accept the weakness of God. Submit to God’s wisdom. Seek God for all decisions. Accept God’s salvation. Put your hope in him.
1 Corinthians 1:25 For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
Marty Pressey 