Even Fools Can Trust in the Lord

Good evening! We've sure been saying the word 'unseasonable' a lot this year. Perhaps this year that word is the new normal. Temperatures about 20º above normal seem fairly common so far this year. Yes, it may very well signal a difficult summer. Folks from down south with their RV's may decide that we are not nearly far enough north for them this year. For just a few minutes this evening, think that you are one of those people seeking a milder summer, but you only make it as far as say, Dallas, yes the one in Texas. Someone might call you a fool. Milder summers are north, not north Texas, but north as in North Dakota or this year, perhaps North Yukon. Does that mean that you are not allowed to trust in God for mild summer weather because you have been foolish. Perhaps, but that is only if we think that the trustworthiness of God is based on our decisions and wisdom.

A fool can put his trust in the Lord for the same reasons that we can ('we' is assuming that I am not the fool in question.). The Lord does not change His mind. The Lord does not break His covenants. The Lord is all-powerful; that is when the Lord says that something will happen, no one can stop His command. The weather is what the Lord created in this world, plus what He allows the prince of this world to do, plus the curse that came when Adam sinned. In other words, we don't really know what the weather in north Texas will be like this year. They suffered a terrible drought, bit this year the weather may be quite mild during the summer. God knows; we do not. So if God tells the one we consider foolish that he is not foolish, then who is the fool? Yes, from our historical experience and records, we know that it is likely to be hot in Dallas during July, but we do not know that it will be. In April, July is in the future and none of us knows the future. The fool may be wrong for parking his RV for the summer too far south, but we will only know that he is a fool after the summer heat arrives. God knows right now what the weather all over the planet will be like in July. Half of the world holds their winter months in July, it may be that the fool didn't go far enough south that month.

South or north, east or west, even fools can trust in the Lord. Not because the fool will be right or wrong about his weather forecasting, but because God is who He is. Trust in God because He sent His son to die for our sins. Trust in God because He created the heavens and the earth. Trust in God because the One who knows your every flaw loves you just the way you are. It is interesting that God can fix a fool, but He won't work with the self-righteous.

Enjoy the evening!
Bucky