God Knows The Futility Of This World’s Wisdom
Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." - 1 Corinthians 3:19-20
Why is the wisdom of this world foolish? When we see the advances of science and technology in the past hundred years we marvel at the wisdom of men, yet, Scripture declares the wisdom of man to be foolish and futile. Why is that?
I don't know if we have a definitive answer to the question, but I do have some ideas. First let's look at the perspective of man's wisdom as compared to the perspective of God's wisdom. The first difference that jumps out at me is man's wisdom is based in time and matter while God's wisdom is based in timeless eternity.
The second difference which gets my attention is all of man's wisdom points to the conclusion that man doesn't need God, indeed, man becomes his own God, master of his own destiny.
The wisdom of man today reminds me of the tower of Babel from Genesis 11. Man said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves." Their goal was to invade the heavens, the home of God, and thereby make the statement, "We don't need God, we are our own gods."
The futility of their efforts was shown in v7-8, "Let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth.
In the many thousands of years sense man's first attempts at becoming god he hasn't found a way to start with no matter, no substance whatsoever, and from that nothingness create something. In contrast, God simply stood on the edge of eternity and said, "Let there be light, and there was light." I'll follow the light source.
Prayer: Thank you Lord for giving me the understanding that you alone are God and there can be none beside you. Amen.
God Knows The Futility Of This World’s Wisdom
Message: The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
Affirmation: I realize the wisdom of this world leads mankind to rely upon his own resources. I choose to trust the God who is the supreme resource for life and light.
Reflection: Give some thought to the idea that the wisdom of man seeks to find a way without God while the wisdom of God is to show mankind the way more perfectly. How can you see that in your relationship with God?
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Why is the wisdom of this world foolish? When we see the advances of science and technology in the past hundred years we marvel at the wisdom of men, yet, Scripture declares the wisdom of man to be foolish and futile. Why is that?
I don't know if we have a definitive answer to the question, but I do have some ideas. First let's look at the perspective of man's wisdom as compared to the perspective of God's wisdom. The first difference that jumps out at me is man's wisdom is based in time and matter while God's wisdom is based in timeless eternity.
The second difference which gets my attention is all of man's wisdom points to the conclusion that man doesn't need God, indeed, man becomes his own God, master of his own destiny.
The wisdom of man today reminds me of the tower of Babel from Genesis 11. Man said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves." Their goal was to invade the heavens, the home of God, and thereby make the statement, "We don't need God, we are our own gods."
The futility of their efforts was shown in v7-8, "Let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth.
In the many thousands of years sense man's first attempts at becoming god he hasn't found a way to start with no matter, no substance whatsoever, and from that nothingness create something. In contrast, God simply stood on the edge of eternity and said, "Let there be light, and there was light." I'll follow the light source.
Prayer: Thank you Lord for giving me the understanding that you alone are God and there can be none beside you. Amen.
God Knows The Futility Of This World’s Wisdom
Message: The wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"; and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."
Affirmation: I realize the wisdom of this world leads mankind to rely upon his own resources. I choose to trust the God who is the supreme resource for life and light.
Reflection: Give some thought to the idea that the wisdom of man seeks to find a way without God while the wisdom of God is to show mankind the way more perfectly. How can you see that in your relationship with God?
If you like this devotion you can get a full month of devotions just by filling in the form below with your name and email address then click "Yes-Send It" button and you will have immediate access to this devotional and several others as well.
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