Losers

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel

can avail against the Lord.

Proverbs 21:30

Because we are born sinners, we are born losers. Sin puts us at odds with God. It makes us His enemies. It makes us impotent in terms of moral uprightness, holiness, and doing righteous acts. We are powerless to save ourselves. Personal efforts, or even societal collective efforts... nothing we can do could possibly save us. In fact, our efforts are always against God as human efforts at righteousness because sin is against God's holy nature.

Human wisdom fails to match the infinite wisdom of the God Who simply spoke His thoughts and our vast universe came into existence. We are nothing compared to that powerfull wisdom. Human understanding is meager compared to that which God has of us. He has intimate knowledge of each person. He knows each sub-atomic particle that makes everything in us and in the entire universe. We can never have that level of understanding.

Put the best band of humans ever assembled against the LORD, there is no comparison. Only Jesus in His humanity matches up solely because He is God! No purely human counsel can match the Word of God that is in Jesus.

Since no wisdom, understanding, nor counsel of mankind can compare or prevail againt the Lord, what should humans do? We should trust God. We should repent of our sinful acts against Him and turn to Christ for salvation. We should submit to His holy goodness. We should receive His faithful love. We should obey His Word. We should not strive against Him. We are born losers, but in Christ, God makes those who trust in Him to be victors because Jesus has defeated sin, death, and the Devil for us!