Daily Devotions
February 23rd, 2022 by Pastor SolleyPs 53:1-4 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
KJV
Another use of the phrase “Hath said” this morning. Fools have a great deal to say. They did in David’s day and they have even more to say today. What makes them a fool is given to us in Psalm 53:1. “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” Because they claim there is no God they feel as if there will never be a judgment day, a day of accountability. That was the way that Pharaoh felt as he conversed with Moses and said these words “And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go.” Pharaoh believed in many gods but not in the living God, not in Jehovah. Pharaoh was a fool. That was the way the King of Syria felt as he spoke against Hezekiah and said these words
“Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?” Both of those men found out that they were fools and there was and is a God in heaven. God does deal with fools and fools have a judgment day awaiting them. But many times those who claim to know Jesus as their savior play the fool. How? Each time we decide that we know more than God does and walk in disobedience to the Word of God. Each time we depend upon our own wisdom and do not seek the wisdom of God. And when we play the fool we also have a price to pay. Better to have God look down from heaven and see us seeking after Him than to find us playing the part of a fool. Seek the Lord today.