"The righteous also shall see [the judgment of God], and fear; but they shall laugh at [the judged]: 'Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and strengthened himself in his wickedness." Ps. 52:6, 7
Trusting in anything other than God (whether it be material possessions or our own finite wits and reason) is hysterical precisely because it is so ludicrous. We have often laughed at a child attempting to do something quite out of its league (such as moving a heavy object or handling a complex machine), and the more they refuse (as they often do) the help of an able grown-up, the funnier it gets. Their self-delusion is hilarious; they cannot see themselves for who they are: weak, unable, and in need of help. In the spiritual realm it is the same. Without God, we are all those weak, incapable children, and our every attempt to control things is a joke to those who know better.
It is a pathetic picture, but pride is pathetic. It will not embrace humility at the start, but rather puts itself higher and higher, so that their inevitable humiliation (for every knee shall bow; Phil. 2:9-11) will be far more painful than those who submitted from the start. The end of pride is humiliation, and to not trust God is to be the joke of all the angels.
-Jon Vowell
"I'm so sorry I've
Been so down, I
Started thinking things
Could never turn around,
And I begin to believe
That all we are is
Material.
It's non-sensical."
(Switchfoot)
Trusting in anything other than God (whether it be material possessions or our own finite wits and reason) is hysterical precisely because it is so ludicrous. We have often laughed at a child attempting to do something quite out of its league (such as moving a heavy object or handling a complex machine), and the more they refuse (as they often do) the help of an able grown-up, the funnier it gets. Their self-delusion is hilarious; they cannot see themselves for who they are: weak, unable, and in need of help. In the spiritual realm it is the same. Without God, we are all those weak, incapable children, and our every attempt to control things is a joke to those who know better.
It is a pathetic picture, but pride is pathetic. It will not embrace humility at the start, but rather puts itself higher and higher, so that their inevitable humiliation (for every knee shall bow; Phil. 2:9-11) will be far more painful than those who submitted from the start. The end of pride is humiliation, and to not trust God is to be the joke of all the angels.
-Jon Vowell
"I'm so sorry I've
Been so down, I
Started thinking things
Could never turn around,
And I begin to believe
That all we are is
Material.
It's non-sensical."
(Switchfoot)
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