Day 280..."Would you be quiet Job!...says Elihu...Foolishness"
What does Elihu think of Job's wordy response? He says..."Job opens his mouth in empty talk;he multiplies words without knowledge.” Is this not telling someone to shut up! Or at the very least not talk so much! In the Book of Jeremiah, Judah is compared to a clay pot that has spoiled. Jeremiah asks a question of God..."O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done?" Paul opens I Corinthians by teaching about unity in Christ... Who is not divided. People then, as now, seemed to focus on personalities more than God. Paul, by opening this letter on this subject of placing humans on a pedestal...must have known this failing of human nature very well. He also states the folly of being human..."For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men." How true! A message of maintaining a relationship of humility is throughout the Bible. Paul wastes no time in teaching about this subject in I Corinthians.
posted by Philip McVay @ 4:16 PM
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To me one of the dangers of being a Pastor comes from people looking to him/her for their answers rather than God in Christ Jesus. Much of the readings we have already covered reflect what happens to people who look to other sources rather than God... and it is not good. As Jesus said, "If I be lifted up I will draw all men to me." Praise God for Church Leaders who like Paul point people to Jesus for everything including "Answers to their questions" the mission of Cokesbury - to lead people to Christ and Christ to people.
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