It’s a dangerous thing when a man’s stubbornness makes him act like a fool.”
–Stephen Bly (Stay Away From That City)
“I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.”
–Job 5:3 (NKJV
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Do you get tired of the antics of the bureaucrats? I’m sure there are a few that do, but most do not have a fear of God. Most serve themselves, and will do anything to get power, get more power, and along with that financial gain. Do they not think that God is watching? Today, contemplate Psalm 53. It is a powerful warning to those who have no fear of God.
1 – The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none who does good.
2 – God looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.
3 – Every one of them has turned aside; They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one.
4 – Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon God?
5 – There they are in great fear Where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you;
You have put them to shame, Because God has despised them.
6 – Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people,
Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. (NKJV)
This psalm is for the “fool.” By that I mean the person who does not believe in God, the person has an external religion while acting as if God does not exist, and those who have replaced God in their heart and mind with themselves. These people are corrupt. Look at verse 1, they have “done abominable iniquity.” This would be equivalent to the gay agenda and abortion–abominable. They may say they are deeply religious yet they practice abominations in the sight of God. They are fools.
“All have sinned and come short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23) and here we see that all are “corrupt.” None does good. Both notice also that God makes a distinction between “workers of iniquity” and “My people”. Will evildoers never learn? The answer is a resounding “NO” unless they come to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. Evil will continue to devour God’s people and God’s ways. They have no fear of God.
These people think they are brilliant. They are the enlightened or in modern language, they are the “woke”. “Professing to be wise, they became fools.” (Romans 1:22, NKJV) To see the abominable practices of a fool read the rest of Romans 1. I like what George Wood says about this Psalm, “This psalm asserts that the real reason persons do not believe in God lies in moral disobedience rather than mental brilliance.”
Don’t trust the wise for the answer. Don’t trust the new culture and those who are woke with the answer. Don’t fear the bureaucrats and become anxious with their threats. Fear the Lord and rejoice in Him.
“Are all the foes of Zion fools,
Who thus devour her saints?
Do they not know her Savior rules
And pities her complaints?”
–Isaac Watts