A Wise God

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord. We thank God because He is the Almighty, and He can be trusted. Thank God because He is dependable and even when we might not understand what is happening, we can trust in Him.  

Primary Text

“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;…” 1 Corinthians 1v25 (KJV)

“[This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men,…” 1 Corinthians 1v25 (AMP)

“Human wisdom is so tinny, so impotent, next to the seeming absurdity of God…” 1 Corinthians 1v25 (MSG)

This verse tells us that the foolishness of God is wiser than men. Hallelujah! Imagine God telling His people to go around a city, just walk around for 7 days, and on the 7^th day, after walking round 7 times, with the priests blowing the trumpets, they should shout, when they hear the priests blow a long blast on the trumpets, and the walls will come tumbling down – and they did (Joshua 6). Imagine healing a leper by confirming the word of His prophet who told Naaman the leper to dip in the river Jordan 7 times (2 Kings 5). Imagine a God who honors the faith of His people and shows up for them, causing His name to be glorified and promoting His servants, although they do go to the fiery furnace and the lions’ den (Daniel 3&6). The wisdom of this world like Job’s wife might be to say curse God and die (Job 1v9), but the wisdom of the Lord will be “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10v28). Imagine a God who says I know you are so much old, and your wife is this much old, but you will still have a child (Genesis 18v9-15, 21v1-7). Imagine a God who honors the obedience of a person who would say “… Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at Thy word I will let down the net.” (Luke 5v5). A God who turns water into wine (John 2v1-11). Beloved, Isaiah 55v8-9 (NIV) tells us ““For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” I don’t know what you are going through, but God has earned the right to be trusted, and His Word to be relied on. He has saved us through an unconventional yet the wisest of ways, trust Him, love Him, depend on Him, rely on Him.

Supplementary Text

“As for God, His way is perfect: The LORD’s word is flawless; He shields all who take refuge in Him.” Psalm 18v30 (NIV)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for You are so good and so wise. The grace to trust You and love You more and more, please give to us in Jesus name, amen.