Life's One Truth

August 18

Man tends to think quite highly of himself. And, why not? Look at all he’s achieved. Look at the skyscrapers that spiral toward heaven. Look at the giant aircraft that defy the constraints of gravity to circumnavigate the earth and traverse outer space. Look at man’s medical and scientific and technological breakthroughs and one can only wonder at the potential of the human mind.

In all his gaining of knowledge and in all his success at applying that knowledge to greater and ever greater discoveries and developments in every area of human endeavor, man must not allow himself to become arrogant. He must ever be mindful of the Lord’s words to Job when he questioned God: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?” (Job 38:4)

The clear implication of those words is that Job (mankind) was nowhere. All God performed to bring the worlds into existence was done without the assistance or the counsel of man. Once an individual acquiesces to that truth, he becomes humble before God and humble in his own eyes. Man’s accomplishments appear quite small when compared to creation. The things he’s discovered and the things he has not yet fathomed pale in significance when held before Jesus’ transforming gift to him.

The most awesome aspect of all the Lord has done, the salvation of the souls of men who will receive Christ as Savior, becomes more significant than any human endeavor or invention or discovery. Salvation puts into perspective the words of Paul in I Corinthians 1:25, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” The ‘foolish’ idea of One Man dying for all, and His moment of ‘weakness’ on the cross, become the only vital truth a man can apprehend.