"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise
and the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
-1 Corinthians 1:26-31
The above verses actually remind me of that new show on ABC, "Secret Millionaire." For those who've never heard of it, the show, which originated in the UK, I believe, is about millionaires who hide their true identity to go live with and amongst the poor in various less-than-fortunate towns. In each scenario, the millionaire is genuinely touched by the volunteers and the locals in the respective areas and chooses an organization or an individual to whom they reveal their true identity and donate a minimum of a hundred thousand dollars. Many of these millionaires (the "strong") are incredibly humbled by the impoverished (the "weak") and each episode truly exemplifies what God means in the above passage.
Nothing is by our power, our strength, our knowledge, or our will; let's take pride in knowing He lives in us and we through Him.
This past weekend, I had originally planned nights full of fun and rage-tastic memories with my girlfriends but instead, I went to Jersey on Friday night to have dinner at home and, completely comatose from the feast, passed out early. I woke up at 5:30am on Saturday, went to early morning service and prayed until tears flooded every hole in my face (that's kind of gross, eh?) then golfed with my parents and the manfriend. That night, I had an early dinner and passed out at home despite the urges to rage. Sunday, I went to church then went to Bible study and again came home, had an early dinner, watched Toy Story 3 and went to bed.
How radically different from the weekend I had planned/imagined...
Let's not be ashamed to be broken before God and humble ourselves knowing He is truly omnipotent and omnipresent. He draws us near to Him when we least expect it and calms our hearts when we most need it.
Lord, may even the most boastful of us be humbled by Your grace.
Cheers,
Cheryl
and the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
-1 Corinthians 1:26-31
The above verses actually remind me of that new show on ABC, "Secret Millionaire." For those who've never heard of it, the show, which originated in the UK, I believe, is about millionaires who hide their true identity to go live with and amongst the poor in various less-than-fortunate towns. In each scenario, the millionaire is genuinely touched by the volunteers and the locals in the respective areas and chooses an organization or an individual to whom they reveal their true identity and donate a minimum of a hundred thousand dollars. Many of these millionaires (the "strong") are incredibly humbled by the impoverished (the "weak") and each episode truly exemplifies what God means in the above passage.
Nothing is by our power, our strength, our knowledge, or our will; let's take pride in knowing He lives in us and we through Him.
This past weekend, I had originally planned nights full of fun and rage-tastic memories with my girlfriends but instead, I went to Jersey on Friday night to have dinner at home and, completely comatose from the feast, passed out early. I woke up at 5:30am on Saturday, went to early morning service and prayed until tears flooded every hole in my face (that's kind of gross, eh?) then golfed with my parents and the manfriend. That night, I had an early dinner and passed out at home despite the urges to rage. Sunday, I went to church then went to Bible study and again came home, had an early dinner, watched Toy Story 3 and went to bed.
How radically different from the weekend I had planned/imagined...
Let's not be ashamed to be broken before God and humble ourselves knowing He is truly omnipotent and omnipresent. He draws us near to Him when we least expect it and calms our hearts when we most need it.
Lord, may even the most boastful of us be humbled by Your grace.
Cheers,
Cheryl
A-freaking-MEN! He's coming back, let's be ready. Miss you cheryl.
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