POWER and WISDOM

People today run after two things: miraculous signs and wonders, and knowledge. It was no different in the Bible times. The apostle Paul acknowledged that "Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom." (1Corinthians 1:22)

So when Paul preached Christ crucified as God's solution to them, the message was "to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness" (1 Corinthians 1:23). They didn't understand  how getting a revelation of Jesus and His death could give them the miracles they needed or the wisdom they wanted.

Beloved, we don't have to run after miracles or wisdom today. We just need to run after Jesus because He is "the power of God and the wisdom of God." The more we know Christ and Christ crucified, the more we will have the power and wisdom of God.

Several church members have shared how they have seen the power of God blast financial debts out of their lives. Not knowing what to do about their debts, they looked to the Lord to deliver them. And the Lord was able to do so mightily because He is indeed the power of God.

So if you are facing financial debt, Christ has the power to remove the debt. And because He is also the wisdom of God, He will show you where you went wrong and teach you how to stay out of debt.

Let me give you another illustration. Let's say a man, whose wife has left him, looks to Jesus to bring his wife back. Christ , the power of God, brings about a miraculous restoration of their marriage. But it is Christ, the wisdom of God, who will teach the husband how to keep his wife by showing him what he had done wrong and what to do to strenthen the marriage. If the husband does not have this wisdom, it will only be a matter of time before the same problems surface and his wife leaves him again.

My friend, Christ is both the power and wisdom of God to us. As the power of God, He removes obstacles in our paths. As the wisdom of God, He continually directs our paths!

Thought for the day:

As the power of God, Christ removes obstacles in our paths. As the wisdom of God, He continually directs our paths!

"but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God." (1Corinthians 1:24 NIV)

WOW!!!!!! What a great message from Joseph Prince! I know its hard for me to lean on God when times are hard, especially when we are going through tough times and our current situation just isn't what WE expect them to be. But it says in the Bible that we should not lean on our own understanding but TRUST in GOD! You have to understand that GOD is our STRENGTH and HE is our WISDOM, we have to know that at the end of the day, GOD will provide.

I look back at a lot and I can honestly say that at that moment in the past, I was really stressing and didn't know what to do, but looking back NOW, God was really there and provided what I NEEDED! Remember its not about what WE WANT! It's about our NEEDS, LOL I know I get that confused, but it's just the human side of us that makes us WANT WANT WANT WANT WANT for OURSELVES. I haven't seen anything that says that we are always going to get what we want, but I have seen God provide for my needs.

I hope you are encouraged! Remember, NO MATTER what you are going through, SEEK God and He will guide you.