The overwhelming wisdom of God

The cross makes no sense… to those who reason with human logic. But to us, the called, it is the power of God, the unfathomable wisdom of the Most High! Paul declared it:

Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. (1 Corinthians 1:22-24)

How can a God die? How could the shame of the cross hide a perfect divine plan? Struck… crucified… abandoned… And yet, it was the climax of God’s eternal design!

But why do so many of us miss it? Why does this masterful plan still seem misunderstood in a generation that seeks love, peace, power, but rejects the message of the cross? Because this wisdom is only revealed to the humble, the hungry, those who come not with calculations, but with a broken heart. God chose to hide it from the wise of this world and to reveal it to the simple. Hallelujah!

Two human approaches… but only one eternal truth

There are two kinds of expectations, two ways of looking at God: those who, like the Jews, want a spectacular God, a God of miracles who works with shine and visible fire, who overturns everything in His path; and those who, like the Greeks, want to dissect God with logic, reason, human thought. And from both angles, the cross fits no mold. For the cross is neither a display of human strength nor a product of logical construction. It is foolishness to some, a scandal to others. Because it overturns the codes.

The Jews expected a political liberator, a revolutionary messiah who would deliver them from the Romans. Not a man with dusty sandals, talking with lepers, touching the sick in despised villages. They didn’t recognize Him. They drew their own messiah from their own imagination. And Christ passed them by. The Greeks, meanwhile, were immersed in philosophy, reasoning, measuring God through their human wisdom: “A God who dies? Impossible. That makes no sense.” They calculated, they investigated, but they didn’t see Him.

Even today, this message still speaks. How many come to Jesus to be protected from sorcerers in the family? To escape misery? Out of fear of hell? But God is not scandalized by your initial motivation. What He sees is this: have you recognized that Christ died in your place? If yes, then you are saved. Now it’s time to live out this new life!

A supernatural exchange at the cross

The cross… oh yes, the cross! The epicenter of our faith, the stage of the most glorious exchange in human history. But so many missed it because they only saw the wood, the blood, the nails… Without grasping what was taking place in the spiritual realm.

Listen: being hung on a tree meant a curse. Deuteronomy 21:23 confirms it:

Anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.

So when they saw Jesus crucified, they said: it’s shameful, proof that He was not of God. But what they didn’t know is that He was there precisely to bear our shame!

At the cross, God was making a double transfer. He was putting on Jesus our curse, our rejection, our condemnation, our guilt… to give us, in return, His blessing, His acceptance, His justification, His grace!

He was despised and rejected by mankind… but it was our pain He took upon Himself, it was our suffering He carried. (Isaiah 53:3-4)

Do you get it? It wasn’t an accident. It was SECRET. Because the devil would never have allowed that sacrifice to happen if he had understood what God was doing. But God, in His overwhelming wisdom, orchestrated it all in silence, while men danced, while hell was rejoicing. God was finishing the work. He was changing our garments, He was laying our sins on His Son – so that you and I, today, could walk in radiant garments. Hallelujah!

Refuse to carry what was nailed to the cross

Hear me well: everything you’re carrying today that Christ already endured IS ILLEGAL. You no longer have the right to live under a cloak of rejection. He took it. You no longer have the right to say, “I am abandoned.” He cried, “My God, why have You forsaken Me?” so that you would be fully accepted. You no longer have the right to walk in guilt. The Father looked upon Him and rejected Him so that He could look on you and receive you. There is no double punishment in the Kingdom of God!

The wounds of your heart, He bore them. The betrayals, the mental anguish, the losses, the things you can’t name… He took them. He bore shame so you would be honored; poverty so you would be rich; humiliation so you would be lifted up. That’s why when you welcome Jesus, you are no longer the same. Accept the robe of the Kingdom. Refuse to stay on the ground. You have been justified. You have been saved. You have been adopted!

Don’t fix your eyes on yourself. Look to the cross. It’s not your merit, it’s His grace. It’s not your prayer, it’s His blood. Come back to the cross with the heart of a child. Abandon your complex reasonings, lay down your prejudices, let go of human calculations. Come just as you are. God wants to transform you.

The God who works in silence

Are you crying today? Don’t understand? Feeling like God is silent? But He is at work! Remember: as Jesus was nailed, the spiritual world trembled, hell panicked without understanding. Just because God makes no noise doesn’t mean He isn’t moving. His wisdom is higher, far beyond. Where the enemy thinks he has locked you in, God is already writing the next chapter.

At the cross, God disarmed the enemy. And that same strategy, He wants to replicate in your life. What seems like the end is really the beginning. What men called failure is in fact a prophetic transition. A life will be born of you! The world will see God’s glory through you, if you embrace this life of the cross.

• Take your share in this life!
• Mark this week in your life.
• Let the life of Jesus—His character, His fire, His love, His authority, His humility, His forgiveness—be formed in you.

That’s why He died on the cross: so you could no longer walk like before, but now live the real life.

Let us pray together

Lord, I acknowledge Your overwhelming wisdom. I acknowledge that everything was accomplished at the cross for me. I refuse to carry what You already carried. I am no longer rejected, I am no longer cursed. I am blessed, adopted, loved, transformed. I proclaim that Your life takes place in me: a new life, free, victorious. In Jesus’ name, amen!

🙏 If you’ve never given your life to Jesus, say this prayer with faith:

Lord Jesus, I acknowledge that I need You. I believe that You died for my sins and that You rose again. Today, I accept You as my Lord and Savior. Transform my life and lead me on Your path. Amen.

At the heart of the Bible

• Galatians 3:13 – Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us…
• Romans 5:8 – While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• John 3:14 – Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up…
• Isaiah 53:4-5 – He took up our pain […] the punishment that brought us peace was on Him…
• Romans 12:1 – A living sacrifice
• Luke 9:23 – Take up your cross daily

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