When God Works in Inverted Fashion
God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1:25 (NIV)

Jesus shatters every conventional messianic expectation. He came not as a warrior king, but as a servant. Not with shield and sword, but with basin and towel. Not to the palace, but to a manger.

This is the revelation the disciples struggled to grasp, and sometimes we do too: God often works in an inverted fashion. What we call strength, God reveals as weakness. What we dismiss as weakness, God employs as strength. In this kingdom, leaders wash feet. The poor are called blessed. Victory comes through surrender. Life springs forth from death.

Jesus demonstrates power not through domination, but by surrender. He conquers not by taking life, but by giving His own. His crown is made of thorns and His throne is a cross.

Like the disciples, we want instant liberation from oppression. Instead, Jesus brings freedom from the tyranny of sin. We want revolution in the streets. He came to bring transformation to the heart. We wish for Him to overthrow bad governments. He came to overthrow death itself.

This inversion is not clever reversal. It is a fundamental reordering of reality according to heaven’s perspective. What appears foolish to the world contains the very wisdom of God.