Our ancestors were wise,
so learn from them.
Our own time has been short,
like a fading shadow,
and we know very little.
But they will instruct you
with great understanding.
Papyrus reeds grow healthy
only in a swamp,
and if the water dries up,
they die sooner than grass.
Such is the hopeless future
of all who turn from God
and trust in something as frail
as a spider's web-
they take hold and fall
because it's so flimsy.
Job 8:8-15
Are you wiser than the people that came before you? You may quickly say, of course because in this age of information and computers we have so much more knowledge available! But knowledge is not the same as wisdom. A wise man is not simply the one with the largest vocabulary. A wise man is the man who uses his vocabulary properly in stating and pursuing the truth! My grandmother used to say that some college graduates were just "educated fools!"
One problem with some democracies around the world is that they are often like an airplane flying at 30,000 feet and the passengers decide they need a new pilot. So they have an election and pick the most handsome or beautiful and charming passenger to fly the plane! You know how that story ends!
When you turn from God and take hold of a spider's web you will fall! Truthfully, if you turn from God, there is nothing in the entire world that you can take hold of which will keep you from falling. There is only one option for those who have turned away from God! TURN BACK TO GOD before it is too late!
"Lord Jesus, show me how I might have turned my heart away from You. And if I have, draw me back to You today. And may You be praised forever! Amen."
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