Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Don't be Foolish

Psalm 14:1
Isaiah 47:10

I recently heard Dr. David Platt say that in order to prove that God did not exist, one would have to search everywhere in the universe for Him (all at once because He could have moved!) to make sure that He was not there. After one had searched the entire universe, that person would then have all knowledge. If a person had all knowledge, they would be "god". Therefore to say there is no god would be to deny there own existence!

I do not think that very many of us reading this are struggling with whether or not there is a God, but this illustration is one of the best I have ever heard to blast an "atheist's" belief that they have to have proof. The burden of proof is really on them. However, there are not many true atheists. Most people who say there is no god either want attention or they just have decided not to decide. Unfortunately, in doing that, they have rejected Christ. Hopefully, you might be able to use this illustration one day in a nonthreatening way.

What we are probably more guilty of as Christians is the second verse of today's reading. We certainly believe in God and probably most of us have placed our trust in Him, but sometimes we behave like "no one sees [us]". How many times have our thoughts and actions proved that we are the most important priority in our lives? Simply put, how many times have we bowed to the altar of ourselves? The thought makes me shudder, but I know I have done it.

Today, let us not be foolish. In my opinion, to make ourselves our most important priority is just as foolish for a Christian as it is for a non-Christian to say there is no God. Right now I ask you to join me in laying ourselves before the altar of God to "present our lives as a living sacrifice" (Romans 12:1). He is and there is none besides Him.

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