Sunday Ponderings ~ He Included Me!

Pondering 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 this afternoon and being reassured that God didn't call me to Himself because of anything that I have to offer.

It’s okay that I’m not among the wise, the mighty, the noble. God hasn’t chosen very many of them because they tend to boast in themselves. But He does choose some.

It’s okay that the world may think I’m foolish and weak. God typically chooses from this group because we tend to have little to boast about in ourselves.

He chooses few from the elite and many from the common.

 Bottom line: God doesn't want the issue confused. He wants everyone to know that

ALL wisdom

ALL righteousness

ALL sanctification

 ALL redemption

is in Christ Jesus and is God's doing.

“Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
~1 Corinthians 1:31

I'm so glad that He called to me! Has He called to you? Call back to Him!

For whoever will call upon the Lord will be saved.

~ Romans 10:13 

For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; ²⁷ but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, ²⁸ and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, ²⁹ so that no man may boast before God. ³⁰ But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, ³¹ so that, just as it is written, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord.”  

~1 Corinthians 1:26-31

 Painting ~ A Pensive Moment, Daniel Ridgeway Knight 1839-1924
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