I was really blessed today by Joseph Prince's "Grace Inspirations"!
CHRIST, THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD
1 Corinthians 1:24 ....to those who are called, both Jews
and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
People today run after two things: miraculous signs and
wonders, and knowledge. It was no different in Bible times. The apostle Paul
acknowledged that “Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom” (1
Corinthians 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 a 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 strengthen 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!
AMEN! God's promise to us in John 10:10 is this:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
COUNT on Him! LOOK to Him! EXPECT Him to confirm His Word in YOUR life! Signs, wonders and miracles await us! Let's GO! Her is Hillsong UNITED with "Echoes (Till We See The Other Side)":
Shalom in Him!
