Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” (Psalm 14:1)
Read: Genesis 32:13-34:31, Matthew 11:7-30, Psalm 14:1-7, Proverbs 3:19-20
Listen:
Relate: There are very few times in my life when I truly thought I was going to die. There was a time I was climbing one of the cliffs of Letchworth without any ropes or gear. I slipped about five feet before stopping my fall. There was still another good hundred-fifty feet to fall had I not.
Another time I was in the passenger seat of a car when we were T-boned by another driver running a stop sign. He didn’t even slow down and was going about 45mph on impact… directly on to my door. Our car spun a full 360, hit a tree, and bounced back into the road. The air pressure from the collision caused the rear windshield to blow outward. My door was knocked in seventeen inches. Although I walked away with little more than some killer bruises and a bit of glass embedded in my leg, for a few brief moments I thought I was a goner. I am not saying there was any divine intervention in this incident (although both the police and the doctor told me there was). I am simply saying that it was one of the most terrifying moments of my life.
A third truly terrifying moment was when I realized I was wrong in not believing my dad was home. My mom had been yelling at me from the living room and I, being a stupid teenager, started yelling right back. I thought it was just the two of us there with no one else to witness. Then my the “wrathful father” rose up out of chair whose back was to me. There is no adequate way to describe my dread. It would be like an Imperial general walking into a room and seeing Vader right after that general failed, again, to defeat the rebels. It would be like an evil king walking into an empty throne room to find the assassin sitting in his chair. You just know there is no escape.
React: I knew my dad existed. I was completely aware and certain that he was real. However, there is a huge difference between an intellectual assent that my dad exists and heart guided reality of his presence. In the same way, many times Christians, while intellectually acknowledging God, will live and act as though He was nowhere to be found. I know more than one person who will argue until they are blue in the face with any atheist willing to engage them. Then they will turn around and live like the devil. There is a vast gap between what they speak with their mouth and what they say in their hearts. They are fools.
So am I. Every time I tell a lie, or steal, or gossip, I am saying in my heart “there is no God.” Who is the bigger fool, the one who denies God with their intellect or the one who mentally accepts the reality of His existence but then denies Him with their lifestyle? How dare I, knowing the true nature of my sin and the Divine cost of His grace, continue to rebel against Him anyways? All too often I hear this Psalm used with all the intellectual honesty of a six-year-old spouting out, “I know you are but what am I?” In reality, this verse is a heart check. Are my heart and lifestyle saying the same truths that my mind and mouth proclaim? Am I the biggest of fools?
Respond:
Dear God,
Forgive me. For those times I have lived the lifestyle of the atheist, forgive me. For those times my heart and my actions have denied what I know that I know that I know to be true, please forgive me. Let my heart, and my actions, always shout out what my mind knows to be true. You are real. You are here. I am Yours.
Amen
THE RIVER WALK 
Reblogged this on ChristianBlessings and commented:
Keep me true Lord Jesus, there’s a race that I must run ! There are victories to be won
Great post and so true, many people just ignore the existence of God in their lives and then when something goes wrong, they blame Him. “There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us or through us, contains and conceals his divine action. God speaks to all individuals through what happens to them moment by moment.( Jean Pierre de Caussade). God bless ❤
Great point. You really have me thinking on this one. Perhaps you are right. I am a bigger fool when I knowingly sin against the God that I love so much. Or, am I saying in my heart that there is no God when I knowingly sin, making me a fool. Either way, I am a fool for doing it. And no one likes being a fool!
Amen! Good one and I’m sure many of us can relate.
A wise post. Thanks.
His forgiveness and grace have saved me over and over. I am humbled by the Love of God.
Yes, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Fortunately we have a God who understands our human weakness. And that He urges us to do as He: forgive your brother 70×7 times.
-Alan
Unfortunately, there are many Christians who go to church on Sunday and then forget about Him when they walk out the door into the rest of their lives. This is one of the many reasons we have to pray for each other. Thank you for the reminder. Steph
Amen! As always, true, brilliant and a blessing. Thank you.
Wow. Just blew my mind, dude. Thank you!
Dear friend,
Many people think that the world came into being out of chaos and just by chance without seeing the cause and effect principal which beautifully lies in a chain of reaction and order in it. We all are searching for the sense of life and use our intellect for it – so when those people who believe in chaos and disorder why do they think in this sense when using the tool sense and order to find chaos and disorder? Why don’t they think then also in a disordering and chaotic way ? It is like this: To justify Chaos and Disorder and everything coming into being by chance – with a sense-giving explaination? There are so many things which we even cannot express in words because the river cannot understand the huge ocean – it is part of it. I belonged myself to an atheist when i was young and later i could see that i was very arrogant to claim: there is no God – I myself must know the whole creation with its myriads of stars and universes to say there is no God, but in fact it is ignorance and pride on one’s own intellect. We are all children of God – as God has all created us. We are all drops in this beautiful Ocean – as drops in this water of life not seperated – but as brothers and sisters in Him.
My latest words about true love in this connection:
True love
True love is not a business
True love has no expectations
True love shares and gives
True love exudes the fragrance of the heart
True love unites, embraces
True love sacrifices without equivalent
True love is full of humility
True love is full of compassion
True love is consciousness
True love is the light of God
Let us light this light in us
And share it with the whole world
Thanks for posting your thoughts here, dear friend
All good wishes to you
Didi
I love where you discuss “who is the bigger fool!” the non-believer or the one who ignores! A lot to think about in that!
Only a fool says there is no GOD!!
Our ONE True GOD’S LOVE is ETERNAL THROUGH HIS SON Jesus-Yeshua Christ for Today and Everyday Forevermore!!
God Bless all my Sisters and Brothers in Christ Jesus-Yeshua and Your Families and Friends!!
I Love you all Everyone through Jesus-Yeshua Christ, because HE LOVED EVERYONE FIRST!!
Love 💕 Always and Shalom ( Peace ) Everyone, YSIC \o/
Kristi Ann