Today's Reading:Old Testament:
Judges 6 - 7
New Testament:
1 Corinthians 1:1 - 2:5
Focus Verses: 1 Cor. 1:20-24
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Insight:
The power and wisdom of God are revealed in Christ Jesus. Philosophy and academics are useful, but they cannot, in and of themselves, give life. The wise man, the scholar, and the philosopher of this age need the truth of God to inform their wisdom, scholarship, and philosophy. God has revealed his truth and wisdom through Jesus.
Response and Action:
Real wisdom is found in Jesus Christ. His words, actions, teachings, relationships, prayers, and stories all reveal the truth of God. I will examine all my studies, ideas, and beliefs in the light of what Jesus has said and done, because he is the wisdom of the God.
O God, thank you for revealing yourself through Jesus, your son. Help me to grow in wisdom and truth as I follow closely after him. Amen.
Proverbs: 13:20
"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm."
Resources:
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God
Dallas Willard
