A BETTER IDEA

Job 36:23-26

Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, "You have done wrong"?  Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song.  All mankind has seen it; men gaze on it from afar.  How great is God--beyond our understanding!

   

In a flash, the world was created out of nothing.  It came straight out of the mind of God, and appeared in obedience to the words of his lips.  As soon as he spoke, there it was.  His are the trees, the valleys, the hills, and glens.  From his hand came the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field.  Lift up your voice and give him the credit to whom all credit is due.  He formed the mountains and carved out the canyons.  He made the oceans, lakes, streams, and rivers.  On the earth he dug wells, and placed fountains of water.  On the land he multiplied crops, giving us bread, fruit, and meat.  The sun is his, wonderful in its' working, bringing life to all the earth.  The moon is his, mysterious and beautiful, comforting the beasts at night who search for their prey.  The infinitely-smallest particle of matter is God's, and cannot be seen except by his eye.  The ends of the universe, though unknowable to man, are hung as a curtain by his hand.
    Wherever the smallest particle of matter is found, beyond that is God.  Where the ends of the universe meet, beyond that is God.  There is no God like our God.  Great in power, but meek in Spirit.  He humbles himself to look upon us in our smallness, and he counts the hairs on our head.  He knows each breath we take, and counts every beat of our heart.  It is by him we breathe, and it is from him we have life.  Any gift, any talent, any ability, any strength, any goodness we possess, is all from him.  Blessed be his name, the merciful, compassionate, forgiving, Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  So shall it be.
    It is through wisdom the Lord has done all these things according to the plan which he purposed in his heart before the world began.  He had determined beforehand to bring to nothing the wisdom of men, by the power of his Son and the power of his word.  None of the devices of satan, demons, or men have thwarted his plan.  God endowed mankind with wisdom, but the vain thinking of rebellious, godless men has warped the world.  There is no device, no wisdom, no knowledge, no power, no conspiracy, no might, nor any person who can stop the plan of God from its' fulfillment.  God's wisdom will always shine brighter than man's wisdom, even when God's wisdom is treated with contempt by man.  Soon the majestic wisdom of God shall be revealed in crystal clarity to mankind.
    Every attempt of men and devils to destroy God's family, God's word, and God's Kingdom has failed and will fail.  Every device and invention made by man has been working toward the completion of God's will, or these devices would never have been invented.  It is true that men have used many inventions for their own selfish purposes, but inevitably God will turn all things around for the glory of his Kingdom.  The great discoveries of the ages, the great empires of the ages, and the great acts of men throughout the centuries have only occurred as God allowed them to occur, in keeping with his plan for the ultimate triumph of his Kingdom, which is this world's final destiny.  In the end, God's wisdom will frustrate and defeat men's selfish plans.
    Our own nation was founded at exactly the right time in history.  This land was given to those whom God wished it to be given.  We have our own part to play in his story.  The technological, industrial, and scientific advances of the past century are demonstrations of the quickening of the arrival of the culmination of the ages.  Even the great wars and military weaponry have a part to play in the grand fiasco of mankind's frail attempts to establish their own kingdoms, for those who set themselves up in opposition to the Kingdom of Heaven are decreed to be slaughtered at the end, that all the wicked may be destroyed in one final conflagration, cleansing the earth of evil.
    Once a great king ruled the world by his might, and he refused to acknowledge that it was God who had given him his throne.  This king became proud and exalted in his own imagination.  God turned his heart into the heart of a beast and he lived in the fields like an animal, until finally this king was able to lift up his eyes to heaven and concede that God ruled over all the kings of the earth.  Wise decision.
    Decisions, decisions, we all have to make decisions.  On one side is the world and their version of reality.  On the other side is God's word and his version of the truth.  God is calling us to believe him, for he will not be made light of, or set aside as if he had no part to play in the events of this world.  God will allow no wisdom to overcome his wisdom, for God's ideas are better by far than all the paltry knowledge of mankind combined.  The faster men run from God, the swifter will be their destruction, so let us all beware, lest we become proud in our own thinking and deceive ourselves, and forget the Lord our Maker who gives us the ability to reason and judge rightly.  The folly of men's wisdom will be evident to all on the final day, so let us guard our heart and mind, lest we be deceived by the world's smooth speech and cunning deceptions.  Anyone who believes the world's interpretation of reality, is just a dead man walking.  The believers will be the last man standing in this battle for the minds and souls of men.  God's wisdom is given to those who obey him and trust him.  God's elect will be the only ones remaining, while everyone and everything else crumbles to pieces.  The wicked want to burn our Bibles, but God has a better idea.  He wants to burn the wicked by the breath of his lips.  After that, the survivors will gather on Mount Zion to the great victory feast and our Lord shall be glorified throughout infinity.