Psalm 14:1 NASB
The fool has said in his heart,
“There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds;
There is no one who does good.
Today is the
traditional “April fools” day celebrated by people around the world, yet the
actually roots of foolishness can be found deep in our Bibles. The book of Proverbs brings contrast between
wisdom and foolishness in almost every chapter.
The verse
above is a reality. Have you met people
who are the poster kids for this fool? I
have. I have met many of them, and their
lives well portray what a fool looks like, how they act and the words they
use. But the one difference between a
wise man and a fool is who they point to.
The fool points mainly to himself.
The wise man points us to God.
Easter is
the holiday, or holy day, of the wise man who digs deeper, shares more and
relies on the truth of our God and the gift of His son. In the same chapter as the verse above is a
prayer and the desire of David for the people of God to come to God. That is what Easter is all about.
Psalm 14:7 NASB
Oh, that the
salvation of Israel would come
out of Zion! When the Lord restores
His captive people, Jacob will
rejoice, Israel will be glad.
We look to
Jesus the author of our faith and the savior of our world. On the cross He took our sin. On the cross He proved God’s love. With the cross our lives received healing.
1 Peter 2:24 NASB
and He
Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might
die to sin and live to
righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
Without the
cross of Jesus we are sunk, in trouble and living as the fool who says in his
heart that God is nowhere around. That might
not come out of his mouth, but this thought comes screaming out of his
actions. Because there is a God there is
life!
Mark 16:6 NASB
And he said
to them, “Do not be amazed; you
are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.
Jesus is our
life, and we celebrate Him this Easter!
May we invite others to see God and meet His son. May the cross of Christ and the reality of
the resurrection run through our minds and help us worship with joy this week,
more than normal!
The fool
says there is no God. The Jesus
followers set their path only toward God!
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