The Mighty

I Corinthians 1:27 “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound (confuse) the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound (put to shame) the things which are mighty.”

Speaking of this last week’s United Nations’ meeting. . .

Whether you are Catholic, Democrat, Islam, Republican, Born Again Christian, Independent, Jewish, or whatever faith and political bent, you have to just wonder about the comments and the mood of that UN meeting. An UN member calls for the death (in graphic terms) of the head of the Catholic church and no one became indignant, walked out, rebutted, or went to the media with outrage. At what point does one balance what the Pope said about Muslims versus the riots and public calls for his death. I’m not Catholic and I don’t always agree with the doctrine of that religion. If I weighed my emotional response on the past, the history of the Catholic church has been written with oppression of the non catholic. More recently, they’ve had some negative court cases which has affected their members and the church as a whole. Put those things in perspective, I still cannot imagine representatives of the other nations sitting on their hands and not calling this school yard bully what he really is, a terrorist.

As Christians in the work place, we may hear discussions about current events. Be careful at work about jumping on the political opinion bandwagon too quickly. World events are happening fast and many are ugly. Ugly for both the Christian and for people who might be in the wrong place at the wrong time. There may be a time in our future when we must take up the sword of our Christian faith but today cool heads will be needed by world leaders and in the business world. It takes a cool and rational person to stand up to the bully. It takes strong faith in our Lord Jesus Christ to hold strong when those around us are caving or rioting. It takes a strong Christian to know when to refuse an unethical deal at work or the blackmail of withdrawing oil supplies in the politically motivated UN. It takes a person thoroughly grounded in Scripture to understand the wise and mighty aren’t always on God’s side.

I Corinthians 2:5-6 “That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God, Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect (mature): yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of princes of this world, that come to nought.”