26 Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. 28 God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. 29 As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”
Terrie's Comments:
WOW... so anyone who thinks of themselves as nothing... that's right... none of us are anything without Jesus Christ. Foolish, Powerless, Despised... Jesus changes everything... Wise, Powerful, Pure, Holy, Free... able to boast about Jesus Christ the one who made it all possible!!
Tori's Comments:
My roommate and I actually JUST talked about this this morning...how we take on all the pressure of pleasing God through our feeble acts, when Christ already did it for us! To give you context (this all literally happened today), I was anxious about a very important exam, but had a change of heart reading through Matthew 6, specifically the passage about worrying. Very soon after that my roommate gave me advice just as relevent: that God has time and time again chosen weak people as His instruments for his glory. If I knew God wanted me to be in this program, there was no reason to worry about it. It would happen.
My skills were not suited for the exam, but after getting several prayers said for me (including Terrie's!) I have never walked more confidently into an exam.
EDIT: The preacher spoke on this passage this morning. Literally, starting at verse 26 and ending at 31. So.....I GOT the message, God. :)
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Ha, Torie! Don't you love when God does that? I too often need reminders about my identity in Christ so that I realize how victorious I am through Him. He obviously knew how much people would need to be reminded of this when the world's voice and our own voices can be so loud.
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