When it comes to wisdom the danger is to be looking in the wrong places.

Where do you turn to for wisdom? There are the academics, other professional people and tools such as on-line search engines. This passage, however, provides a completely different source. It refers us to a message … it is the message of the cross. The apostle Paul calls it the wisdom of God.

What does this mean? It means that everything we really need to know for life and eternity is found in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and his resurrection. It is regarded as foolishness to most who are looking for wisdom in the wrong places. Sophisticated knowledge which comes from purely intellectual pursuits fails to see our deepest need is for the forgiveness of our sins.

The cross is also referred to as the ‘power’ of God. For those who trust in Jesus, the priorities of their lives have changed dramatically. A new life found in relationship with God fills the believer with worship and renewed energy for living according to a different purpose. This is well put in the Lord’s Prayer … ‘Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven’.