God Has Chosen The Weak Things

For 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. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”

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? 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. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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; 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, that no flesh should glory in His presence. 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.”

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Everyone has heard of or seen the “Hollywood” sign and maybe even the footprints of the stars. Less well known, but having eternal ramifications is a cross in the Hollywood hills. The cross was placed there in the 1920’s. It is a 32 foot cross. It was placed there in memory of Christine Wetherill Stevenson, wealthy heiress who in the 1920’s established the Pilgrimage Theatre.

Movies will come and go. Their entertainment value is fleeting at best.

The cross reminds us of a drama eternal in scope. The work of Christ is a story of a loving God who pursues us and invites us to accept His offer of complete forgiveness. The high drama of Jesus’ death is rooted in history. His resurrection conquered death and has an eternal impact for all of us. The cross will never lose its meaning and power.

To know the meaning of the cross, you must know the One who died there.

Our Daily Bread – April 6, 2016