For, “who has known the mind of the Lord as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. I Corinthians 2:16
How many people do you hear today, Christian or not, that
proclaim not to have eloquence, human wisdom, or resolve to know nothing except
Jesus Christ and him crucified? Can you
think of one?
As Christians we worry so much about what to say or about
what not to say, but to truly have the mind of Christ and to do the right
thing---to live by truth is to not know anything, but to depend upon the One
who knows everything! I am guilty of
this, especially when I write and post something that the world could possibly
read. With everything going on in the
world around us, I thought I had a lot to say about everything, I just couldn’t
wrap my mind around how to say it until I read I Corinthians 2.
I pray that absolutely no one’s faith lies in any flawed,
human wisdom that I have ever wrote or spoke, but that God, and only God, has
used me as a tool to spread his salvation plan, his mercy, his grace, and his
love.
Paul said in verse 8 that “none of the rulers of this age
understand it (referring to God’s wisdom) for if they had, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory.” The same
is just as true today, many of our leaders are not filled with the Spirit of God
and therefore do not understand the Spirit and wisdom of our Father. So with every decision, rule, or law that
goes against the truth of our God it is no different than the leaders that
crucified Christ, because, like Paul said, if they knew the truth they would
not be doing some of the things they are doing.
As hard as it is to live as a Christian in this
self-destructive world we have to keep on, we can’t give up the fight---why
would we? We already know how it ends! However, the joy, the assurance, the comfort,
the peace, and the love that we feel because of not only hearing and knowing
the Spirit of God and his wisdom, but by embracing it fully we can be assured
that a day is coming “what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no
human mind has conceived”---the things God has prepared for those who love him (verse
9).
So I encourage you, I plead with you to read I Corinthians 2
and allow God to minister to you through the words of His Book and let him
transform you to have the mind of Christ.
