“神却拣选了世上愚拙的,叫有智慧的羞愧;又拣选了世上软弱的,叫那强壮的羞愧。”
哥林多前书 1:27
如今是知识爆炸的时代。通过计算机和卫星,信息可以在一微秒内传到地球的任何一个角落。 这个世纪处理的数据、发现的事实,比以往所有世纪的总和还要多。但是,人还是不能解决一个最基本的问题,就是与他人的隔阂。这种隔阂带来战争、犯罪以及各种社会弊病。联合国的职责本是促进世界和平,事实却相反,该组织激化了世界的矛盾。
诗篇 111:10 说:“敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端; 凡遵行他命令的是聪明人。 耶和华是永远当赞美的!”人类的问题根源在于,他们随从自己的智慧,而不是神的智慧。
圣经说,世界上有两种智慧。一种是神赐的智慧。这种智慧是遵循基督的思想。以永恒的眼光看待生命。“惟独从上头来的智慧,先是清洁,后是和平,温良柔顺,满有怜悯,多结善果,没有偏见,没有假冒。”(雅各书 3:17 )第二种智慧是世界的智慧,这是神要灭绝的(哥林多前书1:19)
现在,你有两种智慧可以选择,你会选择哪一种智慧呢?
今日祷告:
天父,我选择你的智慧。它使人谦卑,对穷人仁爱和怜悯。我选择你的智慧,相信福音;我选择跟随耶稣。奉耶稣的名祷告,阿们。
April 7
TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. 1 Corinthians 1:27
Today there is more knowledge in the world than ever before. Computers can transmit information in a millisecond to any part of the globe by satellite. More information has been processed, more facts discovered in this century than in all of the other centuries of human history combined.
Yet man has never been further from solving his basic problems, the basis of which is alienation from other men. It is this alienation which produces wars, crime, and all of the other social ills. The United Nations was supposed to be a forum in which men could resolve their differences. Instead, it has been a forum for magnifying them.
Psalm 111:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” The troubles and problems of the human race have stemmed from the fact that it has followed the wisdom of the world rather than the wisdom of the Lord.
The Bible says there are two kinds of wisdom in the world. First, there is wisdom that is given by God, a wisdom which, after the mind of Christ, views life in terms of eternity. Of this wisdom, the Scripture says, “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy” (James 3:17).
The second is the “wisdom of the world” which God says, “I will destroy …” (1 Corinthians 1:19).
Now that you know the choice, which kind of wisdom will you choose?
Pray for the Day:
Father, I choose Your wisdom. I choose Your wisdom which leads to humility and love for the poor and kindness and mercy. I choose Your wisdom which believes and has faith in the Gospel. I choose to follow Jesus; in Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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