Sunday, September 6, 2009
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 Dale E. Rood
Who are the people that God calls to his work? What sort of things does God use to accomplish his purposes? Most importantly, what are God’s purposes in doing it this way? Read this passage carefully. The main point is not that we must be poor or that the things God uses must be worthless. The main point is that no one or nothing should boast other than “boasting in the Lord” (v. 31). Yes, God can use those who are rich, but only if they have the humility that allows them to give all the glory to God. God can use those who are confident, but only if their confidence is completely in God.
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, 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.
