Foolishness

 

Foolishness

^{Psalm 14:1 “}The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.² The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.³ They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”

^{Romans 3:9 “}What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.¹² They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.”

     Man, if left to his own, is a foolish creature.  In his base state, he does not seek the things of God.  Rather he longs to satisfy his own temporal, fleshly desires not attaining to the righteous life that God requires.  Indeed, man stands at a great need of a savior!

     It is only God who has intervened in the course of our events.  Historically, He has drawn His finger in the sand that man may follow in the furrow thereof.  God intervenes showing His mercies to keep us from destroying ourselves.

     Who keeps the approaching car in its own lane?  A front-end collision means a 110 m/p/h summed impact.  Physical laws teach us that objects stay in place until acted upon.  What pandemonium would await if the parking lot suddenly came alive after work!  Where’d I park the car?  Setting the cruise control would challenge if centrifugal forces changed at every curve.  And we'd wonder, "Will the brakes work this time?"  Driving would become an anxious event if constants did not surround motion.

     But the fool says there is no God.  He is blinded, not taking into account the great What If.  We could play this game all day long.  What if…there was no oxygen?  What if…there were no clouds.  And so on.  God, in His caring hand, holds this place together.

^{Colossians 1:16 “}For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”

     This verse leans more toward the preeminence of Christ but pertains also to the creation accounting of God’s order.

     So what holds the electron in its orbit?  Even the moon follows its course as we journey about the sun.  If I strike my hand with a hammer here or in China, it still hurts.  Light holds its own control and does not violate the speed limit.  Why does fresh baked bread smell the same?  Water always feels like water at the swimming pool.  All I have met feel guilt to some degree.

     Universal.  A term applied to a very many experiences.  Same, the same.  Our God does not freak us.  Reality must be continuous and predictable that our sanity sustains. Thus, we are fragile creatures at the mercy of an all-powerful God who’s hand we cannot forcibly move.  Anxiety would crush us if we pondered this too long.  We cannot control God or the physical rules He has put us under.  We simply abide by and work with them to create, following in the steps of our Creator.

     The fool says in his heart there is no God.  So what does he say?

     All observed order is a product of chance.  The impersonal multiplied by time has given us this universe we call home.  A fool cannot fall back on his god because he has declared there is none.  Even the ancient Egyptians got it half right.  Their deities were responsible for their lives around the Nile.  At least they acknowledged something bigger than themselves.  Are we to say modern day evolutionists are more ignorant than those who once bowed to a rock image?

     To declare intelligent design false is to spit in the face of Michelangelo.  All great creations from all great minds with their talents fall to the floor when we give them the frontal lobotomy treatment. God is greater.  He has surrounded us with His testament.  Will we believe Him when we open our eyes to the wonderment of Creation?