Tuesday, September 9, 2008
1 Corinthians 1:26-31
For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (ESV)
by Angie Osborn
In our society, wealth is based on what you have, who you know, and what your position or title is. I teach at a middle school and see daily how the haves treat the have-nots. Students who have nice clothes, parents of position, and money to spend are accepted and labeled popular. Students with little money who don’t have the most current stuff are labeled as odd, geeks, etc. God, however, has a value system that is opposition to that of the world’s. God chooses to use the weak, the humble, and the lowly.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
