Speak Up

DEVOTION
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SPEAK UP
Prov 15:2
2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,
but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.
NIV
Is it not clear this knowledge is of God? Anything else is pure folly. Any discussion of how the world began, how man began that does not acknowledge God is nothing but pure folly. These who God would call fools certainly gush with all sorts of theories of how they think it all began. The foolishness of it all is amazing. It would seem these fools would believe anything just so they do not have to believe God. A believer must be careful not to look at them with contempt or disgust, but with compassion. Although God calls them fools, he still loves them the same as he does those who call him Lord and Savior. It is simply sad they cannot see the real knowledge, the pure truth of God. It would be a good thing for those who commend this knowledge of God to continue to share it with those who he calls a fool. Even if they continue to gush with this folly of evolution, or man-made climate change, a believer should always be willing to share the truth. We should not remain silent in these times of folly. It may not be enough just to call it folly, but to be able to share the knowledge of God in their vernacular so their foolish thinking might understand it. No matter how profound all their thinking is made to sound, if it denies the existence of God it is not profound, it is folly. Only people who are truly wise have accepted the knowledge of God to be true. It is the wisest thing any person could ever do. Once this knowledge has been accepted it must be commended everywhere. Silence is not an option to a believer in this knowledge, it must be commended, it must be used rightly for the salvation of others. It has to be shared so others can turn from this gushing of folly to the truth of God. If believers want to be heard, they must speak up.