paul, in 1 corinthians 2, writes of god's "secret wisdom-that has been hidden and destine for our glory before time began".
i've read this verse countless times; yet i've not before now taken the time to explore what he's actually writing about. he assures readers that, had the rulers of the time understood this sort of wisdom, they would not have even thought to crucify Christ.
"no eye has seen nor ear has heard, no mind conceived what god has prepared for those who love him"
paul stretches my intrigue even further in the next line when he says, "but god has revealed it to us by his spirit, which searches for all things, even the deep things of god".
as much as we need and crave the community and the structure and the foundations that the church provides us with, as much as we have been taught that we need to follow a format and reach out in order to know god,
god is in us, with us, and is us
and we have the perfect, natural ability to access god, the energy and the wisdom and the love that is god, by our receptivity to the gift of his spirit.
"we have not received the spirit of the world, but the spirit who is from god, that we may freely understand what god has given us" (12)
isn't all of our earthly, human "wisdom" silly sometimes compared to the reality of the sacred wisdom of god? (which i believe is founded and embodied in love and obedience to him. aren't we so crafty with all of our schemes to experience god in our own way or to exercise leverage and power over one another in the name of religion and wisdom and truth?
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