O YHVH, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep! A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand this. (Psalm 92:5-6)
It's the Nativity season and wise men are nowhere to be found. That's the conclusion of Skip Moen, who picked Christmas to reflect on the foolishness of man. Here are excerpts from today's blog entry:
How far we have wandered from God's revealed truth! How much of our "faith" remains unexamined, the inheritance of a tradition of syncretism rather than attentive listening to the voice of our God! We have not meditated on the majesty of God nor have we stood in awe before His hidden plan. We think we know Him. Our arrogance and hubris are beyond comprehension. We don't even follow Him in the details He does provide yet we have the audacity to suppose we understand what He is doing.Here's the punch line: On this day, when Christendom celebrates the birth of the Messiah with a pagan festival, do we stand before the Lord of hosts with humble confession that we do not understand Him? Can we say, "Lord, I can't even imagine why you love me?" Are we numbed with the thought that He is working a reality we only most dimly comprehend? Can we be satisfied to trust His plan even when it is hidden in the dark mystery of existence? Or will we insist that we know what God is doing?