Whose Wisdom?

     You may remember the young captive turned wise man, Daniel, who prophesied and spoke wisdom to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. The king’s request to interpret the meaning of his dream without even telling his wise men what he dreamed was too much for them. But that was not the case for the Most High God and his earthly representative. We will come back to the rest of the story of the statue of the times of the Gentiles shortly.
      End-Time Lesson: Isn’t it interesting that the world still thinks they are wiser than God? They have enlightened themselves throughout history and now declare themselves Woke. They cannot understand, or they refuse to understand, that the “message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor. 1:18).
        Paul asks the question: “Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 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” (1 Cor. 1:20-21). 
       The apostle reminds us that the Jews requested signs and the Greeks sought after worldly wisdom. But the foundational apostles preached Christ crucified. To the Jews it was a stumbling block. To the Greeks it was foolishness. But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. Can there be any doubt that “the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men”?
      Now before we get too puffed up with this knowledge, Paul continues his thoughts into the next chapter. “For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 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…that no flesh should glory in His presence.” (1 Cor. 2:26-27, 29).
        Those God chooses He also equips. So Paul also adds, “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—that, as it is written, ‘He who glories, let him glory in the Lord’ ” (vs. 30-31).
       No wonder Paul prayed, “that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:2-3).
        How do we walk in this wisdom in the Woke environment? Paul tells us, “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Col. 3:16).
       If you don’t feel particularly wise, no problem. Remember, God has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of the Godhead. That’s why James tells us, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:5-8).