What is foolishness to you? Is it someone acting silly? Is it someone doing something that is both dangerous and unnecessary? Have you thought that foolishness may be different for different folks? Is Jesus going to the cross to save the world foolishness to you?
Foolishness comes in many forms and can be judged so in the eye of the beholder. Some would say it is foolishness to repel down a rocky cliff that stand five-hundred feet high. Others might say foolishness is attempting to swim the English Channel. Still others will equate it to something someone says.
The Apostle Paul says there are people in this world who believe the message of Jesus going to the cross is foolishness. He also states they are perishing. What does that mean? It means they will not inherit an eternal life with God but will be forever separated from him, which will be eternal torment. Yet, Paul says the message of the cross is the power of God which saves us. And for those of us being saved, we see the power of God in the cross.
But I wonder if we do see the power of God in the cross? If we are trying to earn our way to heaven, we do not. If we believe that God will send us away empty handed if we disobey, we do not. The power of the cross is that our sins are destroyed. They are wiped out. And lest we forget, by going to the cross, Jesus demonstrated the abundant love God has for us. Since God loves us more than we can comprehend, we can trust that he will never abandon us and will always provide for us. Are there consequences for sin? Yes. But God never turns his back on us.
I pray we all see the power of God in the message of the cross. I pray we know that our sins are destroyed. I pray each one of us knows that God loves us more than we can comprehend. See the power of the cross. Your sins are destroyed. God loves you. Trust him in all things.
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Marty Pressey 