Kristofer and Stumbling into the Healing Power of God

Stumbling into the Healing Power of God 

Kristofer reflects today on healing in his own life and in our common lives together. As he speaks about the slow healing work of God in his life, he invites us to ponder the healing that is happening in our own lives - and the many forms it can take. Kristofer references the Apostle Paul in today’s New Testament lesson, as a jumping off point. He encourages us to reflect on the stumbling blocks we need to overcome and God’s presence in guiding us through life’s obstacles.
 

1 Corinthians 1:18–25

The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written,

“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.