Where does your power come from? Are you
powerful, or are you weak and fragile? Do you know how to solve your problems?
Do you have enough wisdom? Are you prudent, or do you feel powerless in many
situations? If you feel this way, you need to listen carefully to the words of
the Letter to the Corinthians.
As a Christian, your power should come from
the Lord Jesus. His Holy Spirit should strengthen you in every moment of your
life. Even your weakness can become your strength through divine grace. Even
your foolishness can be enlightened from heaven. As St. Paul reminds us, "My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness"
(2 Corinthians 12:9).
Don't look for wisdom in bestselling books,
but in the Holy Scriptures. "All Scripture is God-breathed and is
useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness"
(2 Timothy 3:16). You are a child of God even if you are not wise by human
standards. You are His child even if you are not of noble birth. As Scripture
tells us, "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong" (1
Corinthians 1:27).
You are chosen from the world to shame its
wisdom. You are chosen from the world to shame its strength. "God chose
the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are
not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him"
(1 Corinthians 1:28-29).
You don't need to boast before God, but
love Him with your whole heart and mind, as Jesus commanded: "Love the
Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind" (Matthew 22:37). You are in Jesus Christ, who becomes for you "wisdom
from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption" (1
Corinthians 1:30).
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