Make sure your ‘wisdom’ is not foolishness

Morning: Psalm 45; Genesis 37:12-24; I Corinthians 1:20-31

Evening: Psalms 47, 48; Mark 1:14-28

St. Paul knows the Cross is foolishness, but there is power in it too.  And often, what passes for wisdom proves foolish.  So faith does not try to prove anything.  That the Messiah dies is a stumbling-block for Jews and foolishness for everyone else.  But Paul affirms, “God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom; God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.” Those whom the world thinks foolish may humble the wise; the weak in the world often embarrass the strong; the low and despised in the world are the very ones who will finally put the world to rights.