Stumbling Blocks

For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. 1 Corinthians 1:22,23

Are you a stumbling block to others? You are if you proclaim something other than what they want! People have an agenda for us and they get upset when that agenda is not meet.

If you want to upset the apple cart at work, don't meet the demands of the office, or fail to have the wisdom needed to go to the next level. It won't take long and someone will be stumbling through.

But Christ is the answer to both, to all, unmet expectations. Jesus can take the little provision of the work place, the few people on the call list, the shortage of leads; and multiply them. Jesus is the wisdom of the ages and by His insight we can navigate troubled waters.

When we truly learn to be neither Jew nor gentile we become one new man. A person who finds in the Lord all that we need and all that causes the world to stumble. Lord help us not to be unsettled because we are unable to meet all the needs, to solve all the problems. Lord help us to keep on trusting in you and be aware of how Satan seeks to make us live for others more than we live for us. Let us all keep seeking you first and trusting you, that that will be enough. Help those who are tripping over us.