PSALM 94:11 (MSG)
GOD knows, all right—
knows your stupidity,
sees your shallowness.
1 CORINTHIANS 3:18-19 (MSG)
Don’t fool yourself. Don’t think that you can be wise merely by being relevant. Be God’s fool—that’s the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid.
THE ESSENCE
You'll have to appear foolish to achieve wisdom and success, according to God's standards.
DAILY FODDER
Why can't a person be wise in the eyes of God and the world? Does it all have to be mutually exclusive?
PRAYER
All-wise God, even though we acknowledge with gratitude your unmatched wisdom, we still chase alternative sources of wisdom and success. Forgive us our fickelness. Teach us to accept our role as fools in this world of self-appointed experts. I desire to live as a fool so that I can reveal your wisdom through my life. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
