1 Corinthians 1:27, God Has Chosen

1 Corinthians 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

The foolish, the weak has nothing inherently to boast because they are overlooked in a world where the wise and mighty rules the roost. It is interesting, the Apostle Paul observes, the vessels of God’s saving grace come upon the foolish and weak. Jesus gives us a clue in the Beatitudes how a man finds blessings with God when He teaches in Matthew 5:3-4 “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”

The foolish and the weak realizes their inability and inadequacy. God can mold and reshape such to conform to His image. They are yielded to His molding hands. When God commands Joshua to enter the Promised Land, He instructs Israel to first conquer Jericho. And God’s strategy for tearing the fortress of Jericho is laughable to the army of Jericho. And the army of Israel is ill-equipped and hardly pose any threat to the great armour and strength of the army in Jericho.

However, the Israelites hearken to the instruction of God through Joshua to march around the city once per day and on the seventh day seven times and to shout aloud. An untenable military strategy. Nevertheless, Israel obeyed.

Joshua 6:16 “And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you — the city.”

Joshua 6:20-21 “So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard — the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took — the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed — all that was in the city, both man and — woman, young and — old, and — ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.“

The divine strategy to conquer sin and death is the gospel of Jesus Christ – how He died for our sins and rose from the dead the third day. May we obey God and receive His power over sin and death and finding eternal life. May we be willing vessels of God’s choosing to go with the gospel for the salvation of souls to the honour and glory of His Name. Amen.