Good Morning All,
I remember reading a “Beetle
Bailey” cartoon once that had the characters Plato (the smart one) and Zero
(the not so smart one) watching an ant colony.
Zero commented on how they worked together so well. Plato went into this long-drawn-out
discussion of how they were not as advanced as humans; they had no laws or
justice system; they had no military or method of exploration. About the time he got to this part of his
speech, a plume of smoke, in the shape of a mushroom cloud erupted from one of
the ant hills.
Some people took offense at this
comic. They thought that the cartoonist
was making a political statement about the use of nuclear weapons and that he
was somehow implying that the people who were responsible for them were about
as bright as ants. Others thought he was
saying that humans thinking that they could control atomic weapons weren’t any
brighter than ants. Either way, the
assumption is always that humans are the highest level of intelligence.
Yet it is this line of thinking that gets
us into the most trouble. We think that
we are far smarter than we ever are. So,
we think that we have a better thought or plan than God does and every single
time; we are wrong. That is the very
crux of our problem and our sinful nature; we think we are smarter than God. We have moved away from that original purpose
of existence. We were designed to live
in God’s holy presence, worshipping and praising him and living a life
completely dependent upon his grace because it was sufficient for us.
So instead of trusting God to have our best
interest in heart and mind, we set off on our own. We soon become so buried in the mud and mire
of selfishness and mistrust that we completely lose our bearing and our focus;
we stop trusting God and we trust our own nature which caused us to be lost in
the first place. So, Scriptures keeps
calling us back to recognize that God’s way is the best way for us. Even when we are not sure, we need faith to
trust God. We need to hold onto his
loving embrace.
God, in his mercy, reaches down to us and
picks us up like a hurt child and holds us close to his heart and whispers in
our ear words of comfort. Faith is
hugging God back. It is recognizing that
God’s ways are far superior to our ways and through everything that this life
pours out upon us God’s love is for us.
He is faithful to all his promises, and he is faithful to the ones he
made to you.
Father of all
mercies, we stand before you in awe of your great love. Move us by your Spirit to trust in your
loving arms to hold us close and to protect us from all the harm the devil
throws. Be with those who are especially
feeling the pain of this world. Bring
them comfort and give them your peace.
In the precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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