I Corinthians 2:7 - "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory."
Have you been a good steward of the Wisdom of God today?
I ask this question because it elevates our normal thinking of “devotions” to a new level. In 1 Corinthians 2, the Apostle Paul rebukes the Corinthian church for their bad stewardship of the Wisdom of God. His appeal to “wisdom” is a cultural argument, for human wisdom was seen in his day as the greatest thing to be attained (much like today).
You see, Corinth was a bastion of mind-worship. Those who were the smartest were the greatest! The problem with the average Corinthian was that the Scriptures did not make sense to him. Therefore, to the average and above average mind, the gospel was foolishness. To the unregenerate mind, wisdom can only be understood in human terms. But Paul helps us to understand the gospel in a much different way. He explained the fact that the gospel is indeed supreme wisdom because it is the wisdom of the Supreme. The gospel is the Wisdom of God. Wisdom, then, in its essence is soteriological.
The problem with the Corinthian church was that although they thought they were spiritual, many of them were acting just like those who were without the Spirit. They were pursuing wisdom for the sake of being wise and looking good. Besides that, they had a major misconception of where there wisdom was coming from. Paul’s main concern was to the Corinthian believers to understand who they were in terms of the cross and to stop acting like non-spiritual people.
His argument is as follows: God revealed the mystery of His wisdom to them through His Spirit (2:10). They had received these truths by the Spirit (2:12), and they had understood God’s Wisdom through the Spirit (2:13,14). The Holy Spirit of God had opened up their minds to the truths of the Gospel, making it possible for each of them to be truly wise! In fact, because of their position in Christ, they possessed the “mind” or understanding of Christ Himself (2:16). But they were being bad stewards of this possession.
Have you been a bad steward of the Wisdom of God today? The Spirit of God helps each one of us to understand and make sense of the “foolishness” of the Scriptures. Thus, if we are not tapping into that wisdom by reading and meditating upon the Scriptures, we are being bad stewards of this gift.
By God’s help, may we be good stewards of the Wisdom of God today, which He has ordained before the ages for our glory!