Most Wanted: Day 28 – True Wisdom

30Aug09

This week our message at Foundry @ Fry Rd. was about hearing God’s voice. God speaks to us in many ways, but the reality is that unless we are in tune with the Spirit, we don’t hear Him.

Lately, I have been reading Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian church. The church in Corinth was one of the closest of the early churches to the American church of today. In around 46 B.C., Julius Caesar rebuilt the city, populated it with a colony of Roman veterans and freedmen, and named it Julia Corinthus. It soon became a very important commercial center. Every kind of vice could be found in Corinth. It became known for its debauchery. Also filled with intellectual pride, Corinth was a place where believers were ridiculed as being foolish for their beliefs. Yet, Paul rebukes the church there for bickering amongst itself and dividing over petty issues.

What strikes me in this letter is that Paul begins to realize that no amount of logical or intellectual persuasion is going to convince people to follow Christ. To the world, following Christ is foolish. But to the one led by the Spirit it is the highest wisdom.

God will reveal himself by His Spirit. (1 Cor. 2:10)

His Spirit works through His Word, through the circumstances in a person’s life and through people.

If we desire to reach our most wanted for Christ, we must be filled and guided by the Spirit. It is always the activity of the Spirit that leads people to true conversion.

I pray that God will fill you with His Spirit, so that you may be able to understand true wisdom which comes from God.

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