Take a moment to read 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 before reading the devotional below.
If you don’t know Paul’s backstory, read Acts 9. He has a complicated past, and God had to knock him off his horse, blind him, and give him a new name and a new focus in life. He was a force to be reckoned with, and not in a good way. In today’s passage, Paul reminds us that he was the worst… and he’s not kidding.
The Corinthians were also sliding down some bad roads. We can only infer certain things from reading this letter, but Paul seems to indicate that they had some problematic people in their church (bragging about their unique sins), they had some chaos happening in their worship services, and they were forgetting the truth of Jesus and his resurrection. It’s easy to get off course when we don’t watch out who we listen to. Paul is reminding them to stay on track — it’s what changed his whole life.
Here’s your freedom for today:
God will guide you onto the right path.
Have you forgotten the Good News of Jesus? Have you started drifting away into normal life, forgetting the significance of your salvation? Have you forgotten where you would be without God? Take a moment to think about these things. I don’t have a complicated past like Paul, or maybe like you, but I have a pretty clear picture in my mind of who I could be if Jesus had not rescued me out of a life of self-reliance and spiritual mediocrity. Jesus died and came back to life to save you — never forget what that means for you and for the world.