God’s Bridge

“Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” (1 Corinthians 1:22-25) St. Paul’s words in this passage have puzzled and inspired readers ever since he wrote them in a letter to the Corinthian church. Who can describe the “foolishness” of God ? To many, for God to allow His only son to die on the cross at the hands of human beings was unmitigated foolishness, but for Paul it is the whole answer to the hunger for the very meaning of life itself.

If God, the creator of the universe, had simply washed His hands of His creation and walked away, perhaps to create another world, we would all be lost. How, though, could He relate to His creation in such a way as to have a presence in their lives and an actual relationship rooted in His own character of love?

For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son, that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (Jesus’ words, John 3:16)

Jesus himself knew of the sacrifice he would make so that these words would be fulfilled. Jesus also said, “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” (John 3:14)

It was the Holy Spirit of God Himself that Jesus would give to believers after his resurrection. In this way Jesus became the bridge between God and human beings. Just as we trust a bridge in order to walk or drive across it, so we trust that Christ’s promises are true and tat God actually sent him to make a new and eternal life a possibility even for us. God desired it out of His character that prompted Him to seek fellowship with His own creation. This is the very great “foolishness” that gives us hope and joyful existence on the earth. It is perceivable in the Scriptures, and in the lives of believers who have experienced and then displayed the love of God for us.

The invisible God has provided a bridge for a seeing and believing people to know Him,and even sent messengers like Paul to inform us of His inexhaustible and eternal love.

Love in Him,

Prue