Pseudo-sophisticate

The voices coming from my radio were so full of acid I thought they might dissolve the speakers! They mocked all things good and godly with foul language and expressions of pity for those who they considered too stupid to really understand the world as it is. They think that they sit high above ordinary mortals. They have nothing but disdain for common human emotions like love, everyday endeavors to pursue a kinder world , and any desire of hope for tomorrow. The well-known personality leading the conversation is thought by many to be sophisticated, worldly-wise, and a man of our times. I believe on the inside he is a foolish, insecure little boy who lacks the maturity to form real intimate attachments and to appreciate true beauty.

Which wisdom guides you, disciple?
Are you worldly wise or wise in the ways of God?

The Word tells us that those who seek God’s way, find life at its best. "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers." (Psalm 1:1-3, NIV)

A tired cynicism that sighs, “Oh, simple one, just give up and go with the flow,” is not true wisdom! The captive of sensuality who lives his motto: “Eat, drink, and be merry,” lacks real insight. We are called higher, to live simply, lovingly, in the fear of the Lord which is " the foundation of true knowledge!" (Proverbs 1:7, NLT) To feel genuine emotion: to laugh with joy, to love purely, to hope in the face of impossible odds, to trust God when all evidence argues for self-sufficiency is not silly, stupid, nor childish. It is to live wisely!

Here’s a word from the Word.
"Don’t let the heathen get by with their sneers: “Where’s your God? Is he out to lunch?”
Go public and show the godless world that they can’t kill your servants and get by with it.
Give groaning prisoners a hearing; pardon those on death row from their doom—you can do it!
Give our jeering neighbors what they’ve got coming to them;
let their God-taunts boomerang and knock them flat.
Then we, your people, the ones you love and care for, will thank you over and over and over.
We’ll tell everyone we meet how wonderful you are, how praiseworthy you are!"
(Psalm 79:10-13, The Message)