Gold Nugget
Verse 2: “A fool has no delight in understanding, but in
expressing his own heart.”
Commentary
There will
always be an opportunity to deceive people and therefore, deceivers will always
have a place in society. However, since we live in the age of information, it
is a lot easier to call someone’s bluff. All you have to do is “Google” it. A
computer is rarely far away from us. Many of us have such a resource on our
person at all times in the form of a telephone. Anytime there is a controversial
fact that arises in a conversation, people will whip out their phones and call
someone’s bluff. We are now ruled by a “higher
power” – Google... (at least when it comes to trivia and misc. facts.) How we feel about two plus two is really irrelevant. We know that the calculator has rule
over what we feel and expressing our heart has no bearing. Today’s “gold nugget”
speaks on this matter. “A fool has
no delight in understanding, but in
expressing his own heart.”
How we feel in our heart is overruled
by the absolutes in our lives. A Christian acknowledges another absolute in
their life. A Christian knows that despite how they may feel about a certain thing,
the Word of God overrules all. We as Christians don’t
walk through this life making decisions based on how we feel when we have the
Word of God to instruct us. It’s not that we don’t allow feelings and the
expressions of our heart to have a place in our life; it’s just that the
established Word of God is the final authority. If you are unsure about something or what someone is telling you, just Google it... "Google" it in the Scriptures!
Prayer
Lord, help us
to accept your Word as the final authority in our lives. Remind us that we don’t
have the luxury of going with how we feel when the truth of the Word stands in
opposition. Amen
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