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to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:24

- JULY 15 -

CHRIST, THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD

People today run after two things: miraculous signs and wonders, and knowledge. It was no
different in Bible times. The apostle Paul acknowledged that “Jews request a sign, and
Greeks seek after wisdom” (1 Corinthians 1:22).

So when Paul preached Christ crucified as God’s solution to them, the message was “to the
Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness” (1 Corinthians 1:23). They didn’t
understand how getting a revelation of Jesus and His death could give them the miracles
they needed or the wisdom they wanted.

Beloved, we don’t have to run after miracles or wisdom today. We just need to run after
Jesus because He is “the power of God and the wisdom of God.” The more we know Christ
and Christ crucified, the more we will have the power and wisdom of God.

Several church members have shared how they have seen the power of God blast financial
debts out of their lives. Not knowing what to do about their debts, they looked to the Lord to
deliver them. And the Lord was able to do so mightily because He is indeed the power of
God.

So if you are facing a financial debt, Christ has the power to remove the debt. And because
He is also the wisdom of God, He will show you where you went wrong and teach you how
to stay out of debt!

Let me give you another illustration. Let’s say a man, whose wife has left him, looks to
Jesus to bring his wife back. Christ, the power of God, brings about a miraculous restoration
of their marriage. But it is Christ, the wisdom of God, who will teach the husband how to
keep his wife by showing him what he had done wrong and what to do to strengthen the
marriage. If the husband does not have this wisdom, it will only be a matter of time before
the same problems surface and his wife leaves him again.

My friend, Christ is both the power and wisdom of God to us. As the power of God, He
removes obstacles in our paths. As the wisdom of God, He continually directs our paths!