Hung on Nothing

"There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the Lord."

Proverbs 21:30

The Bible says "He who glories, let Him glory in the LORD" (1 Cor. 1:31).  It is no fault for a man to boast in the Living God.  We are shamed when we do not do so.  For a moment, consider the inestimable wisdom and knowledge of God.  Job says in Job 26:7, "He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing."  How God suspends the earth in the vacuum of space with a unique atmosphere which supports humans, animals, plant life, gasses, minerals, and elements all working together...it is too much for the mind to take in.  A man comes home from work and hangs his jacket on a hook - a jacket he could likely not sew together even if all the fabric was already woven for him and he had a month to practice!  A metal hook is employed which he could not cast, shape, or beat into a useful form even if all the tools were provided.  The jacket hangs because of gravity, a means devised by God to illustrate His perfection and unchanging glory in natural law.  Gravity itself screams, "Fall down before your Creator, mortal man!"

Man, though finite in wisdom, is seemingly infinite in foolishness.  He explains away the glory of God in nature and the testimony of our conscience through "natural process."  The worldwide secular erosion of belief in God, much less the Biblical view of Him, is more pronounced every day.  There is no "nature" without God and no absolute law; there is nothing solid, stable, or constant without Him.  Men wish to be their own god, yet they cannot hang their store-bought coats on nothing.  They may implement countless atheistic, hedonistic, and worldly philosophies of men and women in schools and universities.  People may rage against God with marches, editorials, speeches, and rallies.  But no matter how the world may rebel against God, He remains the same.  He wisdom is infinite, and His ways and thoughts past finding out.

God is real and His Word is true.  Even if  every copy of the Bible was burned it will not change the unalterable truth which it contains.  Rage against God if you dare, o man - but know you only add to your guilt.  Is not His wisdom beyond human understanding?  He gives man a choice:  salvation or damnation, faith or denial, submission or rebellion.  Man is allowed to take the path he chooses.  I have heard it said the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but it would be better said that it is paved with wicked intentions which seem good to a man.  Proverbs 14:12 says, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death."  Man cannot travel to the moon unassisted, nor can he dive to the bottom of the ocean - so what would possess him to think he can get to heaven on his own merit?  May we come to our senses!  There is no wisdom, understanding, or counsel against the LORD.  Repent and follow Jesus Christ, for He speaks the words of life.  His love, mercy, and goodness are from everlasting to everlasting.  The One who hung the earth on nothing can also walk on water.  Let's follow Him!