On April Fool’s day it’s only appropriate to think about the foolishness of knowing Christ.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
There’s no getting around it: you and I are fools for believing and following Christ. How does it feel to be a fool? It feels great.
What if it took extra special smarts to be a Christian? Who would want that? Then those who were Christians could lord it over those who weren’t. As it is, we’re the fools for believing that a dead man on a cross could save us. We’re the losers. We’re the sinners in need of salvation. Frankly, it feels good to be bottom rung. We are not the elite. We don’t have anything to claim or anything to prove. All we have, we have received. We haven’t earned anything. We accepted a free gift, and suddenly we are in the family of God.
We are fools because human nature is to succeed. To be great. To be strong. Human nature separates the men from the boys.
The gospel is for the weak, the lowly, the broken down, the hungry, the thirsty, the addicted — those who think they got a bad shake in life. Those who can’t help themselves. This is true of all ages, all cultures, all people. This is the best news ever. The gospel is for fools and we all qualify.
April fools? No, April wisdom.
John Fischer The Catch 
Brings to mind a favorite song by Michael Card, “God’s Own Fool”:
“We in our foolishness thought we were wise
He played the fool and opened our eyes
We in our weakness believed we were strong
He became helpless to show we were wrong
And so we follow God’s own fool
For only the foolish can tell
Believe the unbelievable
Come be a fool as well.”
Nice. Happy Fool’s Day!
MALCOLM & ALWYN
Fool’s Wisdom Lyrics
Got myself some wisdom from a leather-backed book
Got myself a Saviour when I took a second look
Opened up the pages and what did I find?
A black and white portrait of a King who’s a friend of mine
Funny how when you think you’re right
Everybody else must be wrong
Till someone with Fools Wisdom somehow comes along
His voice was strange and the words He said
I didn’t quite understand
Yet I know that he was speaking right
By the leather-backed book in his hand
Hey, hey, what a day!… Fool’s Wisdom
Got myself some wisdom from a leather-backed book
Got myself a Saviour when I took a second look
Song @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WpFvsQc0qM
This was one of the first contemporary songs of faith I ever saw recorded. These guys lead the way.
I actually cried has I read the verses in Today’s Catch, because I am soooo darn thankful I accepted Jesus as my Lord & Savoir many years ago @ the end of a Christmas service in 1979 the Pastor made the “alter-call” saying if anyone would like to learn how to get to heaven come forward – I remember thinking my Mom didn’t raise me as a fool, if this guy knows something I don’t I need to ‘go forward’ and talk to him and now looking back on that – I’m so happy & thankful I heard the good news of the Gospel before I went to an University to study engineering… and I absolutely luv being a fool 4 Christ and got my April wisdom that I have luved growing in more knowledge of Jesus…
PS Robert W great youtube video and song! thx 4 sharing it, appreciate it and u…
God has always done great things with common people.
That’s soooooo true brother Tim!