Daily Devotionals

Voice of the Lord

Devotional: 26th of Nisan

Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God" (Psalm 14:1).

What the Bible calls "fools" are not people with a limited brain capacity, but people who simply do not acknowledge God. The greatest fools, however, are those who do know God, but choose not to follow him. In lieu of following God, they choose to play "god" in their own lives. These fools can be found among Jews as well as Christians.

One of the most famous fools recorded in Scripture is a rich man who comforted himself with the words, "You're a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!" (Luke 12:19) The passage continues as God said to him, "You fool! This very night you will die! And the things you prepared—whose will they be?" (Luke 12:20) In spite of all his possessions, this rich man was not rich in God. Thus, he was a fool.

But there is another type of fool spoken of in the Scriptures—those who choose to be fools for Messiah's sake (1 Corinthians 4:10). To the world, Messianic Jews may appear to be fools because we have embraced the message of a crucified Messiah. In reality, however, we are partakers of the wisdom of God. Rabbi Sha'ul (Saul; i.e., Paul) reminds us, "For the message about the execution-stake is nonsense to those in the process of being destroyed, but to us in the process of being saved it is the power of God.... For God's wisdom ordained that the world, using its own wisdom, would not come to know him. Therefore God decided to use the 'nonsense' of what we proclaim as his means of saving those who come to trust in it" (1 Corinthians 1:18,21).

...share the good news of Yeshua with others, even though I may be perceived as a fool.

KK