NOT
THE SPECIAL TYPE: Devotion for Thursday July 28, 2016
Text:
1 Corinthians 1:25 – 31
Memory
verse: 1 Corinthians 1:26 – For you see
your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble, are called.
Our text is one of the passages in the bible
that clearly show us that God is not respecter of human reason. What we value
here on earth doesn’t even concern Him. It is for this reason the bible says
that His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thought (Isaiah
55:8 & 9). Who would have believed that Jesus Christ would bypass all the
intellectual Pharisees, Scribes and Lawyers of His days to pick mere fishermen
as disciples? This is why Paul writes that God doesn’t prefer the special type
as Living Bible puts it in 1 Corinthians 1:26.
Paul tells the Corinthians that they should note
that the general character and condition of those who are Christians among them
have not been generally taken from the wise, the rich, and the learned, but
from those of humble life. The design of the Apostle here is to show that the
gospel did not depend for its success, on human wisdom. Rather, God prefers to
use people who will humble themselves, obey and walk with Him.
Beloved, if being a Christian is based on
social status, will you have been considered by God to be a Christian how much
more being a preacher of the gospel? I know that many Christians wouldn’t have been considered good
enough to be Christians. People like me won’t have become priest because I
don’t have human qualification for that. But God doesn’t apply human rule. What
this implies is that we who are privileged to be called should serve God in
humility and appreciation. When you are tempted to pride on what God is using
you to do, always remember that God called you not according to human
standards, not because you were wise, powerful, or noble (well-born) but just
by His grace. Therefore, live a life of gratitude to God for such a rare
privilege.
Food
for Thought:
Ephesians 2:8 & 9
Prayer: Thank you Lord, for picking me out of the miry clay and made me what I am today. Keep me faithful till the end. Help me to live and serve you in gratitude for such privilege you have given me in Jesus name.
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