Month: December 2023

The Kitchen Table Devotional

1 Corinthians 4  Day 4

You are already filled, you have already become rich, you have become kings without us; and indeed, I wish that you had become kings so that we also might reign with you. ⁹ For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

1 Corinthians 4:8-9

What does it take to really look at ourselves honestly?  Don’t wrong the people who ask you the right questions.  It’s our arrogance that causes us to boast about our foolishness.  The real question is, “How is that working for you?”  The Corinthians had all the answers but they were living in all the drama and its problems.  Never forget who you are in Christ but never keep caught up in your own accolades.  The only life that works is the one Jesus gives us.

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1 Corinthians 4  Day 2

Therefore, do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

There’s always that part that we can’t see, the motives of man’s heart.  Right now, we can talk like we have it all but know that we don’t.  One thing we do know is that God exalts the humble.  Honesty is one of the greatest signs of humility.  Be honest in love; take God at His word and don’t add anything to it.  That’s honesty and that takes humility. 

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1 Corinthians 4 Day 1

Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. ² In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2

Now that you’ve determined where higher wisdom comes from, don’t let the world around you force you into a lower role.  As believers, we are servants of God and stewards of His wisdom.  What is status without a Savior?  What are riches without a Redeemer?  As a servant of God and a steward of His word, be found trustworthy.  We can’t be trustworthy of something we don’t have or know.  Trust His word and know His heart, and you’ll never have to be ashamed of who you are or where you stand.

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1 Corinthians 3  Day 5

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, “He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS”; ²⁰ and again, “THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS.” ²¹ So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, ²²  whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, ²³ and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God.                  1 Corinthians 3:18-23

There is always a place for repentance.  Repentance isn’t something we do just because we’ve done but it’s something we do because we’ve been thinking wrong.  The wisdom that makes this world and this life work, really work, is the wisdom of God.  We can’t operate in the wisdom of God until we repent of the wisdom of man so that we can receive the wisdom of God.  All things belong to you but we can only receive them through the wisdom of God.