In Psalm 14 we read, “Fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God. They have all gone astray, they are all alike perverse; there is no one who does good, no, not one.” (vs. 1-3 NRSV) How many times today do we hear that, especially in the news!
As Christians, we certainly have a dim view of those who claim they believe there is no God. I, for one, cannot understand how any intelligent person could dispute the existence of a supreme being. The American Indians knew of such an existence long before Christian missionaries told them about God! They knew because they could see evidence of this being in nature, in the way the seasons changed, in the birth-life-death cycle of life, that evidence is clearly there. This incredible world in which we live was created by God, not by accident. The theory of evolution does not make sense either, macroevolution that is. Macroevolution is when one species evolves into a totally different species. To date, no fossil evidence of such evolution has been found. Microevolution on the other hand is very easy to understand. In the farming community, hybrid wheat and corn is a perfect example. Again, this did not happen just because! There was a higher power at work, even if we believe that the work took place in the minds of humans in a lab! The more troubling part of this verse is found in verse 2 where the author wonders if there is anyone wise in all of humanity. Being wise here means those who seek after God. Seeking after God is always a process of evolution. Today, we do not interpret the scriptures the way the people did in Jesus’ day. For example, men don’t all have beards and we don’t take our unruly children to the city gates to be stoned to death. “Prosperity Gospel” preachers tell everyone God wants them to be rich! God does want everyone to be rich spiritually. My hope is that as Christians we will take the same stand that our atheist counterparts are taking. As Christians, we must become more vocal telling the Jesus story. Then and only then will we actually be doing our part, the Christian’s part of possibly changing some minds! Amen. Comments are closed.
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