The Holy Spirit spends some time in 1 Corinthians 1 & 2 teaching that preaching, and I might add, teaching, witnessing, etc., should not be, as the context declares, "....with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power....For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the absurdity of what we preach to save those who believe." And to the world, the Cross of Jesus is an, "absurdity."
Ah, "....but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God." People can try the "figure-it-out" approach, or the "receiving" approach. Reasoning, wisdom of man has no power in the face of, "....the power of God." Think of what Jesus did on the cross. Think of what Jesus did when He turned your life around, taking you from the "road to perdition," to the glories of His Heavenly Kingdom. Think of the keeping power of Jesus, no reasoning can explain the working of Jesus in our lives. We just receive Him/His working and praise and thank Him, "....a stumbling block to the Jews and absurdity to Gentiles."
Instead of attempting to figure out the workings of God in our lives, enjoy and live in the glories of the "finished work of the Cross." God's wisdom finishes things in our lives. Human eloquence and wisdom just keep stringing us along, no answers, just perpetual confusion. "God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong....". If you ever battle a sense of, "I'm just not smart enough," or, "I just can't understand," or, "I just can't seem to....," no problem. "God chose what is low and despised in the world...so that He might reduce to nothing the things that are, so that no one may [be able to] boast in the presence of God." (Amplified)
Father, in Jesus' Name, May the words of the song always be mine, "In the Cross of Christ I glory, towering o're the wrecks of time." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'" "Looking unto Jesus" Hebrews 12:2
