Who's the Fool?

DEVOTION
PROVERBS
WHO’S THE FOOL?
Prov 14:9
9 Fools mock at making amends for sin,
but goodwill is found among the upright.
NIV
Well there it is right out in the open. Anyone who says that they do not to ask God for the forgiveness of their sins is a fool. It would seem this includes all those who refuse to accept the fact there is a God. It would also include those who say God is a force not actually a being. It might be better to lump all un-believers into one big pot here as fools. God has said that everyone he created he put the knowledge of him within but that some, in this case he defines them as fools, suppress the truth of him with their evil deeds. But it would appear this people; these fools even mock those who do believe. They mock the believer who falls to his knees and seeks the forgiveness of God for sin. It might even be as bad as they calling the believer a fool for having faith in God. The fools might think the knowledge, wisdom, and the intellectual power of this world and their minds are the truth and we the believers lack that, so we have nothing else but to think God is going to save us. Whatever the case this is as frank as it gets, those who disbelieve are the fools who lack knowledge, wisdom and intellectual power. They have been deceived by a power far greater than them, the devil himself. They are trapped in his power over their minds and spirits, in bondage, in the chains of sin. But God can set them free if they could only put aside their foolish ideas and see the truth. Yet it may not to be, they may be fools till the day they die. Those of us who have put aside our foolish thinking and have seen the truth and accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior did find the goodwill of God in our lives. This goodwill, this favor, this delight fills our being and should fill it so full that it overflows upon anyone who is near us. Mock all you want fools; I choose to believe in God and his goodwill which is available to all men. I choose to bend my knee to the King of kings, to the Lord of lords, and to the creator of all mankind. I choose to seek his forgiveness for the sin in my life, and live free from the burden of death. He has chosen me and I have chosen him.