Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Corinthians 3:10-11 (New Living Translation)

10 Because of God’s grace to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.

Paul writes a letter to the Church in Corinth. They had a few problems, well no duh, they had people there so they had a few problems. Most of their problems seem to stem from human pride, no duh, they had people there. I can just hear the people:

Person #1: I was at a meeting where this man who knew Paul personally talked about what Paul said.

Person #2: Oh yeah, you think that is something. I was at a meeting where Paul himself spoke. (Hint, I am better than you.)

Person #3: Oh yeah, I shook hands with a person who shook hands with Jesus.  (Hint, I am better than you.)

There was all this I’m-better-than-you talk. There was all this I-follow-what’s-his-name talk.

Paul answers all this talk with something simple:

The foundation is Jesus.

Today? We have all this talk continuing about who knew whom and where they went to school and how much money they have and all that other stuff. Return to the simple:

The foundation is Jesus.

If people are concentrating on something else, move on.