THE
FOLLY OF THE WISE
MEMORISE
And
I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are
done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be
exercised therewith.
Ecclesiastes 1:13
READ
1 Corinthians 1:17-24
17 For Christ
sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words,
lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the
preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which
are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is
written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is
the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after
that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the
Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we
preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;
24 But unto
them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the
wisdom of God.
MESSAGE
Today’s Bible reading reveals that there are many
kinds of wisdom. All types of wisdom except the wisdom of God are grossly
inadequate and limited in their ability to deal with life situations as it
relates to the created universe. For King Solomon, all types of wisdom were the
same. Many like him find it difficult to differentiate between the different
kinds of wisdom. This is why Solomon in Ecclesiastes 1:13 gave his heart to
seek and search out by wisdom all things that are done under heaven and came to
the wrong conclusion that it is a sore travail deliberately programmed into the
human life by God himself. God loves us so much and He would not programme vain
and futile exercises into the life of His children.
Solomon proceeded with his research and by the time
he got to Ecclesiastes 7:29, he arrived at another conclusion; this time it was
the right conclusion. He said:
“Lo,
this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought
out many inventions.”
So God did not deliberately programme sickness,
sorrow, failure, confusion and war into the life of His children at all. It was
in the process of seeking many inventions that so many evils that we did not
bargain for entered into human life. In the first place, God did not give
wisdom to human beings so that they can redefine, redesign, correct or improve
on His work. His work is perfect and all His ways are just. Any attempt by man
to correct or improve on God’s work is tantamount to arrogance against the Almighty,
and it is bound to end in futility. Furthermore, the Bible in Ecclesiastes 3:14
says,
“I
know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to
it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before
him.”
This time, Solomon speaks with much confidence and
assurance that he knows whatsoever God does shall be forever; nothing can be
added to it and nothing taken from it. He concluded here that the work of a
perfect God does not need correction; that everything He did is free from error
and that those things that seem to us like errors are deliberate designs
because known unto God are all his works from eternity to eternity. HALLELUJAH!
PRAYER
POINT
Father, please don’t let me become wise
in my own eyes and don’t let me become arrogant against you.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Mark 12:41-14:42
Job 20:20-29
Farther don't let me become wise in my own eye and don't let me become arrogant against u
ReplyDeleteFather do not allow me to become wise in my own eye and don't allow me to become arrogant against you in Jesus name.
ReplyDeleteLord don't let me bcome arrogant against you.
ReplyDeleteFather thank you for baptising me with the wisdom from above Amen.
ReplyDeleteFather tthank you for your word. Please don't let me wise in my own eyes. Grant me your wisdom from above in Jesus name amen.
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