Ignorance and apathy are common to mankind

 

Job 12:13-29

 

“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.  If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.  If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.  With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.  He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.  He loses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips. He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.  He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.  He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.  He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.
 He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations and leads them away.  He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste. They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.”

 

Ignorance and apathy are common to mankind and often stupidly is the reason, in most cases, something can be done for the stupid if they are willing to drop apathy and do something about the area they are ignorant about.  My counsel is going to the only one that is all-knowing, has true wisdom, and that is the Creator of everything that has been made.  God is omniscient and omnipotent, has all knowledge, and all strength. 

 

As seen from the beginning of mankind we observe ignorance leading to foolishness in man’s desire to be a god or look to a god that is neither omniscient nor omnipotent.  If you are willing to look at Romans 1:18-25, you will have a better understanding of how ignorance and apathy lead to stupidity.  As one who is a follower of Christ we would be wise to often go back to Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

 

Many of us who have a few years behind us often forget God is in charge of the political situation and all the world leaders will try to have their way but God, that’s just the way it is, but God!  He alone is sovereign and is working all things for the good of those who love Him.  If you have any doubt, go to Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice