During my devotional this morning, I read 1 Corinthians 3. Verse 19 really spoke to me. It says:
"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight."
I'm starting college tomorrow, and this is something that's been on my mind for a while. What is true wisdom?
I know that my main priority isn't to study. If my studies are getting in the way of my relationship with God, I have no problem dropping them to give myself time to get everything right with the Lord again. I know that the world thinks a career is what is going to give you anything and everything, but in God's sight, it's just plain foolishness to go after a career and leave Him behind. I know a few people who are deep in a 7 or 8 year career and have lost sight of what really matters. Yes, they're going to be great at what they do and they'll certainly have a lot of money; but is that really all you want out of life? I'm learning that there has to be a good balance between my relationship with Christ and my schooling. If I lose sight of Jesus, everything I study is foolishness (no matter how many years I invest in it!). I believe Philippians 3:7-8 sums it up well:
"But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him."
What was once gain to me (a career), I have counted loss for Christ. No schooling, nor money, nor relationships, nor clothes, nor mansions, nor possessions could ever give me the knowledge found in Jesus Christ alone. Only a personal relationship with Him is what will give me the wisdom this world lacks. Everything else is rubbish. My prayer is that I would never lose sight of that….
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