No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him (1 Corinthians 2:9, NLT).
Common sense (which people claim I lack) is used as a justification for actions. We say, “Well, it just makes common sense.”
For those of us who study the Bible, we find that faith blows up common sense. We are not to live by common sense but by God’s will, which often makes no sense at all.
Interruptions is a blog of around 500 words, which means I make inflammatory statements and don’t take the time to thoroughly defend myself! But I could write 50,000 words on this topic (the size of the average Christian book published today), and I would still say . . .
Faith blows up common sense.
Paul would seem to agree with me when he writes . . .
Yet when I am among mature believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world (1 Corinthians 2:6).
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as the conviction of things not seen. Common sense is the sum total of what has been seen.
Okay, let me back up a bit.
I’m not talking about doing stupid things. After 70 years of life, I finally agree wholeheartedly with one of my mother’s frequent statements when she would tell me, “You have a mind; now use it!”
But faith takes us outside of our mind to the thoughts of God, with the Spirit’s thinking so spectacular that when God reveals it to us, it blows our mind. Faith assumes our human common sense has been so tainted by worldly understanding that our actions based upon common sense will always be challenged by our belief in God.
The apostle Paul, realizing the limitations of our common sense, said . . .
We have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit) so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us (1 Corinthians 2:12).
His thoughts are way beyond our past experiences. Faith in God will cause us to do things previously thought impossible, agree with what’s considered foolish, and make a stand on what others think childish.
The resurrection of Jesus defies common sense, and so does our hope for a resurrected body living with Christ for eternity. The Bible teaches that those who live according to common (worldly) sense will ultimately look foolish, especially when we look up and see the return of Jesus.
We must ask God continually to blow our minds!