A Nation of Fools?

A Bubbling Brook

“When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes reproach. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. To show partiality to the wicked is not good, nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.” Prov. 18:3-5

Like most of you, I watch, listen, ponder and then respond with an opinion. Today my opinion rests in the above scripture. We are a nation of fools in general and then, in particular, with regard to debt. We intentionally ‘hired’ wicked men and women and turned our public bank account over to them so they could run up huge tabs at our expense. And they feel entitled to continue to do it.

Yep, we’ve handed over personal accountability for our Republic, our freedoms, to politicos using a national – and most likely an international -‘ponzi’ scheme. They make Bernie Madoff look like a saint. But more importantly we have broken faith with the Lord as we’ve done it. We have shown partiality to the wicked and are receiving a constant daily portion of contempt blended with dishonor and reproach - by those we trusted with our future. We have forsaken the ancient paths.

I’ve been in DC with my daughter the past several weeks. She is a VP with Motorola. I learn more about politics than I want to when I’m here. And, I never cease to be appalled at the lying deceitful rhetoric ‘entitled’ people use…those who run our government, those who think they know better than the rest of us – who pay the bills.

What I see… we are headed into deeper waters. We need a fountain of refreshing wisdom; one that is like a bubbling brook. Those who are ruling over us are filling in the ancient wells of wisdom with man made Astroturf and calling it good. Yet we know it is plastic and putrid; a dead sea. We might be able to float, but everything in it that brings life is being killed off, so we certainly won’t be able to survive - if we keep looking to it for sustenance, let alone wise understanding of what to do next.

I encourage a thorough study of what the Bible says about the wise, about wisdom. May we take time to respond in prayer to what the Lord reveals. Pray God raises His impartial wise men and women in this hour of fractured thinking and deeds.

I saw a statue while I was here that stopped me. Wisdom seated with an open book with this epithet: “the past is prologue future.” May we study the past well and anticipate future dialogue wisely. May we ‘bubble’ with godly wisdom to meet the crisis of this hour with courage and honor, fortitude and faith. Amen.