The Nothing Worse Episode

Good Thursday morning! I don't know this morning how many of these I can come up with, but here goes the first one. There is nothing worse than a fool who installs permanent things. Of course, our definition of permanent is not quite up to God's view of permanence, but we are talking the lifetime of a house or a person kind of permanent here. Say the installer of your rain gutters, something designed or expected to be more or less permanent on the house, installs the downspouts so that water pools right beside the foundation. Eventually, that water will get into the basement through seepage first and flooding later. You may have examples of foolish installers in your own home. A furnace vent where people must walk on it is one that comes to mind. A drain that is bound to clog and cause problems because the path to the sewer is so convoluted that the flow is held up. How about a joint in water piping that is over the electrical service panel? Someday serious, even life-threatening, problems are likely.

Okay, number two - there is nothing worse than an architect with poor taste. Buildings that offend the eye are there pretty much forever (at least from our short view). People have to look at them every day going to work. Others may live with the awful view out their apartment window. Someday, some poor fellow may have to market and hope to sell the thing. It's much easier to sell a building that is aesthetically pleasing. Alright, let's get biblical.

What if God had sent a fool instead of Moses? Do you think the slaves of Israel in Egypt could have hoped for the Exodus? How much hope of salvation would we have if God had told the Son to stay put and sent a fool instead? For us, there would be nothing worse. Of course we know that God is not like that. Jesus didn't go through Galilee picking out fools for His disciples. And our Lord did not pick out fools when He chose you and me to be a part of His bride, the church. Any of us are capable of foolish decisions or moments, but we are not fools to believe in Christ. With respect to eternity, we can say there is nothing worse than refusing to believe in Christ and choosing instead to attempt salvation alone; it won't work that way.

We cannot rest on our achievements, but we can rest in Christ,
Bucky