1 Corinthians 3:18-20 (New Living Translation)
18 Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are wise by this world’s standards, you need to become a fool to be truly wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As the Scriptures say, “He traps the wise in the snare of their own cleverness.”
20 And again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise; he knows they are worthless.”
Worthless … what value is it if you gain the whole world and lose your soul? Men of great wealth … Howard Hughes, Michael Vick, Tiger Woods, John Edwards (I don’t know the status of their soul, it is not for me to judge) … examples of men who gained great worldly wealth but appear to have not made God the priority in their lives. These men make the headlines with their rise and fall.
We can point at them. These verses however, encourage us to look in the mirror. “Stop deceiving yourselves.” Where is the wisdom of the world … the worldly foolishness … in our own lives? That’s what God would have us to surrender … our own worthlessness.
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