“But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
No matter who you are, what your background, or what you emphasis in life, if you are a believer, Christ is the axis upon which you life spins. The believer knows that Christ is the center, because the believer knows who Christ is. Christ is all powerful and all wise God. The wisdom and power of Christ is so far beyond our own that our meager attempts at wisdom and strength are utterly impotent in spiritual matters. They cannot bring us to God. God must come to us, and He has, and He does.
And though even unbelievers can manifest the virtues of wisdom or strength, all of us have limits, and we often fall short of even our own expectations. Sometimes wise people do foolish things, and sometimes very strong people are just worn out. It is disappointing to see people in these sad states. I remember being so surprised when I once saw someone who had always seemed very strong to me several days after he came out of major surgery. He was so weak. But we will never see God like that. God is never weak or foolish; He is always wise and strong.
If there was something that could be likened unto foolishness or weakness with God (when compared to what seem to be wiser and stronger acts), this so-called foolishness or weakness would still be infinitely wiser and stronger than anything that man could potentially muster up even when man is at his best. But, in reality, if we ever perceive God to be weak or foolish, our assessment is erroneous. He is never that way.
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