There are lots of people who think they’re wise. But as we learned yesterday, any wisdom or learning without Jesus, isn’t really true wisdom. Why? Because the world’s wisdom doesn’t know Jesus. And Jesus is the point of everything.
God’s wisdom is different from the world’s. The wisest people in the world are limited in their knowledge because they don’t know like God does. God knows how the world started and how it will end. He knows everything about everything. No human can do that. So God’s wisdom is better than the wisdom in the world.
Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. – 1 Corinthians 1:21 (NLT)
God’s wisdom brought us Jesus. Jesus will save us, but we have to not rest in our own wisdom to receive salvation. Instead, we have to believe Jesus and what He has done.
What Jesus did can sound like foolishness if you really think about it. Why would someone choose to die on a cross? Why would that death be the payment for sin for all time? These things sound crazy if you think about them superficially. However, God is wiser than we will ever be. He knew what needed to happen to pay the price for sin.
And so God did what we would have never thought to do. He sent His own son to be the payment for sin. He sent His own son so that we could experience eternal life in Him.
Today’s Truth: The World’s Wisdom Doesn’t Know Jesus
Our job is to simply believe Him and what He has done. When we do, we are saved and can walk in the good life God has planned for us. So today, choose to not follow the wisdom the world gives. It can look enticing, but in the end, the wisdom of God is way better!
