Why Don't They Get It?

Before I post today's blog, I would like to apologize for the lack of time put into the blog lately. Busy-ness and deadlines have been overwhelming, leaving both Andrew and I little time to devote to writing posts worthy enough for you all to read. I can't promise that the next few weeks will be much better, but perhaps there will be time for a short post here and there (I hope). Now, onward...

Have you ever found yourself wondering why unbelievers don't see the immeasurable riches of Christ? That power which has permeated our souls and inundated every part of our being appears to them as an object unworthy of any significant attention - much less adoration. A close Christian friend of mine and I were talking about this last night, and since then I've been reminded of a section in Scripture that express this phenomenon.

It comes from 1 Corinthians 1:

18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written,

"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,

and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart."

20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Don't miss what this verse is saying.

To the unbeliever, Christ is:

• Folly
• A stumbling block
• Weakness

To us who are being saved, Christ is:

• the power of God
• the wisdom of God

We are those who believe and are saved, the ones who know the sweetness of our Christ, the ones who behold the manifold wisdom of God. Oh, if only they understood and the eyes of their hearts enlightened! This Christ - the fullness of joy - is ours. May this truth devastate our pride and lift us to praise the glorious Savior.