Good morning! The weekend is here again. I am so excited! How will you be spending yours? I hope you will be honoring the beautiful mothers in your life; whether they are yours or someone else’s that inspire you. I adore my mama, and all of the amazing women that have played a mentor role for me throughout my life. You rock Moms!
So today we are going to be spending most of our time in 1 Corinthians. When you get some time today, please read 1 Corinthians 18-31. That will give you more meat backing up the passage we are about to chew on.
In 1 Corinthians 1:25, Paul writes, “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.” Paul is explaining here that God, the Creator of all things, has wisdom and strength far beyond what we as man are capable of. Meaning he has ability far beyond what we are capable of. You see, we are limited on this earth by time, space, age, mortality, etc. God is not.
Pride is a funny thing. If you are like me, when you think of pride you may think of arrogance or boastfulness. Two qualities that I don’t think I necessarily possess. So, I don’t struggle with pride, right? Wrong. Pride is responsible for me thinking I can take matters into my own hands and handle them better than God. Pride is the foundation of this conversation that I have regularly: “Lord, I know this will not play out this way because it just is not possible or logical. Trust me.”
Thank you Jesus for your Word that brings truth to my attention and forgive me of my pride. I am so thankful that it is not my ability that I need to lean on. God has made so many “impossible” things possible in my life. If you reflect for a bit, I am sure you can think of some things he has made possible in yours as well.
I have never related so much to Paul than I did when I read this passage today: “I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power (1 Corinthians 2:3-5)”. That is how I feel about this blog. I submitted this to God, and he pushed beyond my limits for his glory. So, why am I not eager to submit every other aspect of my life? Pride.
Holy Spirit, shower us in wisdom today! Friends, I hope you will join me in this challenge: Let’s step back, release control and let God be God. His ability is far beyond ours. We do not have to know how the situation will play out, because he does. If we will just let him move, we can rest knowing it is for our good and it will be greater than what we could have orchestrated ourselves.
“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.” Isaiah 55:8-9
Release control, let God be God, and watch what a mighty God we serve!
Morning Joy 