31 August: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 2:5
so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
Devotion:
I do like the approach the Apostle Paul had to writing the the churches in Corinth. He did not want to seem like a pious authority with a great education and boasting of his accomplishments!
Rather, he approached them as a person without great education, but a person who was willing to listen to God and to obey the teaching of Jesus Christ - the teaching God gave to his son!
When we build up our accomplishments or the things around us as if we were the maker or author of things, we will not get any further recognition from anyone other than thank or congratulations for a job well done.
But when we rest of the things of God and what he teaches us to pass on to others, they will be more inclined to look further into things because they can see something which goes far deeper than you accomplishments!
Points to ponder:
Do you do things for self recognition?
Or do you do things to try and bring glory to God?