READ: Psalm 14
Someone recently said to me in conversation, “There is no God.” I couldn’t help but think about the foolishness of such a statement. To believe such a bold lie takes either an incredible amount of ignorance or an incredible amount of faith! Either way the psalmist calls these people fools. Note the detail of how the fool speaks: “Fools say in their hearts….” That tells me God is deeply concerned about the condition of our hearts. What we believe in our hearts—what we think we know—shapes every other aspect of our lives. What can keep our world from believing in their hearts there is no God? It might simply be to “know” God. And how will people “know” God? They will “know” God when they see God, hear God, and touch God in and through the lives of faithful people who proclaim God’s mighty acts of salvation to yet another generation. It has been said that the Gospel message is only one generation away from becoming extinct. Our lives can change hearts from the place of “no God” to the place of “know God.”
Prayer Focus: Our world needs to “know” God. Psalm 14 is a picture of people that believe there is “no” God. Pray for a world that will “know” God before our world looks like a world with “no” God!
Someone recently said to me in conversation, “There is no God.” I couldn’t help but think about the foolishness of such a statement. To believe such a bold lie takes either an incredible amount of ignorance or an incredible amount of faith! Either way the psalmist calls these people fools. Note the detail of how the fool speaks: “Fools say in their hearts….” That tells me God is deeply concerned about the condition of our hearts. What we believe in our hearts—what we think we know—shapes every other aspect of our lives. What can keep our world from believing in their hearts there is no God? It might simply be to “know” God. And how will people “know” God? They will “know” God when they see God, hear God, and touch God in and through the lives of faithful people who proclaim God’s mighty acts of salvation to yet another generation. It has been said that the Gospel message is only one generation away from becoming extinct. Our lives can change hearts from the place of “no God” to the place of “know God.”
Prayer Focus: Our world needs to “know” God. Psalm 14 is a picture of people that believe there is “no” God. Pray for a world that will “know” God before our world looks like a world with “no” God!
– Dr. Tim Thompson