"And I will say to my soul,
Soul, thou hast much goods
laid up for many years;
take thine ease, eat, drink,
and be merry.
But God said unto him,
Thou fool, this night thy soul
shall be required of thee:
then whose shall those things
be,
which thou hast provided?
So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself,
and is not rich toward God."
Luke 12:19-21
Wisdom or Foolishness?
In the parable of the
rich fool, who found
comfort in his
accumulation of
worldly
goods, many among us
today, would look at
this farmer as "wise".
But God called him a
"fool!"
How does God see us?
Many people, seen as
wise in the eyes of
the world, are fools
in the eyes of God.
The atheist who
audaciously affirms,
"I know there is no
God," is elevated upon
the pedestal of
intellectualism and
wisdom by the world of
science, yet God calls
him a fool. "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" (Psalm
14:1).
Humans, who deny the
existence of sin, and
contend that their
conduct should best be
determined by the
circumstances in which
they find themselves,
are applauded and
lauded as the wise men
of our age. God, in no
uncertain terms, has
said, "Fools make a
mock at sin: but among
the righteous there is
favor" (Proverbs
14:9).
The world yells out,
"Do what makes you
feel good ~ do your
own thing!" God has
decreed, "He that trusteth in his own
heart is a fool: but
whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered"
(Proverbs 28:26).
Our nation seems to be
floating with the tide
of moral and spiritual
corruption.
Are we drifting with
the tide, or are we
willing to stem the
tide? I, personally,
would rather be a fool
in the eyes of a
foolish world, than a
fool in the eyes of my
all-wise Creator.
For
"If a wise man comtendeth with a
foolish man, whether
he rage or laugh,
there is no rest"
(Proverbs 29:9).
"Lord Dictated Them"
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