Saturday after the Second Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord
Posted on January 23, 2021 by under
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:20-31 (NKJV)
1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—31 that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.”
Devotion
The Epiphany season is about God revealing His truth and wisdom to man in Jesus Christ. There is no greater wisdom than the Gospel of Christ crucified! This Gospel is foolishness and pathetic vulgarity according to the narcissistic world, but the world is broken.
Sinners continue to look for wisdom, power, and glory in everything but the Gospel of our Savior. They think foolish men must be despised and manipulated, weak men must be pushed and dominated, and simple men must be exploited and controlled. But those who believe in the Gospel of Christ and observe His teachings understand that He is Lord over all, and the low things are made to serve His holy purpose as well as the higher things of the world. Sinners are not in control, no matter how much they rant and pretend that they are. The Lord loves His humble saints and hears their prayers for forgiveness, help, and thanks.
The faithful people of Christ’s Church are able to humbly rest in the knowledge that He is in control, and that His glory cannot be taken by the world and sinners. And so we can endure the attacks and tribulations of the vain world, because the real wisdom has been shown to us in the cross of our Savior’s humble death on the cross and divine victory of sin, death, the devil, and the broken world!
Prayer: Almighty and Everlasting God, who dost govern all things in Heaven and Earth, mercifully hear the supplications of Thy people and grant us Thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ, Thy son, our Lord. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
