Meditate On
For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according
to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen
the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen
the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.
1 Corinthians 1:26–27
God
Chooses The Weak
God’s ways are often opposite from the world’s ways.
According to 1 Corinthians 1:26, “not many wise according to the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called.” Isn’t it fascinating to discover that
while the world looks favorably upon the wise, mighty and noble, God does not?
Let’s see in the next verse what God chooses instead: “God has chosen the
foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the
weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty.”
Isn’t it amazing? God has chosen the foolish and weak
things to qualify for His abundant blessings. But the verse does not say that
the foolish and weak things will remain foolish and weak. Instead, by God’s
unmerited favor, they will put to shame the so-called wise and mighty things in
this world. In His hands of grace, the foolish and weak things become even
wiser and mightier than the wise and mighty things of the world.
My friend, God is interested in your success. Even if you
are not the swiftest, strongest, wisest, most knowledgeable and most skillful
in the natural, God can still bless you with good success when you depend on
His grace. You can rise above the system of meritocracy and survival of the
fittest through His undeserved, unearned and unmerited favor!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
