Saul (who was Paul) was one of the “elite” among the establishment and had been groomed to rise to greatness among the Jews. That changed when he had his “corrective” interview with Jesus. What better man to preach the foolishness of the world than one who saw first hand their path of destruction and error. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians chapter 1:
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
Paul quoted Isaiah 29:14 which speaks of the blindness of disobedience. Believers who only focus on world events are easily frustrated by what it going on around the globe. They lose internal peace when they see no end in sight to the sin and lawlessness. They are overwhelmed by constant bombardment of perversion being seen as the norm. Those in control have lost touch with the truth and are fully blinded to righteousness. As Paul shares, FATHER sees their wisdom as foolishness:
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;
Are you as one of the Jews always looking for a sign? Why not listen for HIS Voice instead? Or are you like a Greek who looks for wisdom among men’s writings hoping to ascend to a higher level of understanding as though it will move you closer to FATHER? FATHER’S response to the Greek path:
Isaiah 55:8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
The solution to today’s problems is found only with FATHER, no one else! Wars and rumors of wars are persistent around the globe. Men are fighting for resources and their carnal way of life but the flesh will never be satisfied. Men cite history as their justification to take land back from the current occupation. Has everyone forgotten the the earth and its fullness is FATHER’S? Only FATHER truly has the right to all the land. Everyone else has been given a derivative claim to inheritance. FATHER has confounded the wise by HIS method of bringing forth the solution of unconditional Love to the earth- the cross. Once Paul had his encounter with Jesus, he clearly saw the unfolding plan and shared it with the Corinthians:
23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
The best person to prepare your taxes is a CPA. The best person to fix your car is a master mechanic. The best ONE to fix your life is FATHER! Don’t rely on the foolishness of men, they will only steer you into the ditch. When that happens, it is THE FATHER’S Hand which will lift you out. In Matthew 15, Jesus referred to this ditch:
14 “Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”