The heart of a fool

05/08/2020

Psalm 14
The heart of a fool

The book of Psalms addresses all the feelings one could experience, challenges we might face and also offers guidance for serving the Lord. Let’s spend some time and discuss these over the next few days or weeks, depending on how the Lord leads us.

“The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” (vers 1)

Don’t you think it’s time to be honest with God and the world? Those who do not believe in Him are honest enough to say that He does not exist. Why do we keep quiet and accept this heresy?

It often seems that we are so afraid of people’s opinions and that we are scared of making the necessary sacrifices as believers. Satan is using every possible means to keep us still as we are told of the consequences, should we quote the bible and offend another person.

I am not saying we should bombard people with our (version of the) truth and what we believe God is saying. What I am saying is that we should seek the Lord for guidance in order to understand His will and His truth. David felt that there was not even one who does good. This is true and we are no different.

Can God call us, who believe in Him for our salvation, sons and daughters of righteousness, men and woman after His own heart, like He referred to David, “…I have found that David, the son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my wishes.” (Acts 13 v 22) [ISV].

There are other religions that won’t tolerate this kind of unbelief. They are raised to belief there is but One God and He has no Son. We have an opportunity to “kill two birds with one stone” when we proclaim the living God and His Son who became one of us, walked among us and took our iniquities upon Him.

He became that of which the wages is death. The sin he bore for our sake, so that we may be justified and reconciled with God, was put to death on the cross and we are no longer slaves to sin and in bondage to the world, but we are set free from Adam’s curse as we become heirs with God and co-heirs with Christ of the promised eternal life through His death and resurrection.

Do not allow those who deny God to cause you to stumble, but instead use the opportunity to witness to them, “But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect.” (1 Pet 3 v 15) [AMP]

May the Spirit of the One true God lead you into ALL truth and give you the confidence to stand firm during these last days before the return of Jesus.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“