BOOKSMART

(Based on Prov 3:5, Rom 1:16, I Cor. 1:20-2:16, 15:2;

Eph. 5:17; Col 1:5; I Th 3:2)

The gospel is the good news,

The power of God to salvation.

It saves, convicts, instructs, transforms;

It is preached with word and with action.

The message of the cross sounds foolish,

To the lost in our dying world.

But Noah’s message was laughed at, too--

‘Til his prophecy unfurled.

You may wish for worldly wisdom,

But God’s foolishness is wiser.

It isn’t always the scholars who preach,

But the lowly, by the Spirit’s power.

One may learn the thoughts of men,

Who lean on their own understanding,

But the thoughts of God give wisdom,

If we follow His commanding.

A Godless man can’t understand,

He thinks the gospel is for fools,

So he looks to science and philosophy,

And lives by his own set of rules.

Your wisdom can put the wise to shame,

If His Spirit lives in your heart.

Live by the Bible; it’s The Gospel truth,

And you will be Booksmart.

Becky Overturf Wall

Contemplations