When you think of all the good things that God put into the plan for our life, it wouldn't take much to see how foolish we are. We look at life through such a tiny portal. How can we possibly make the right choices? It is like trying to look at the entire universe through one handheld magnifying glass and then making a decision based on what we can see. That would make all of us look like fools.

When we want to find knowledge or information, like most of the world, we go to our data source and do a search on the topic of choice. We try to get the most relevant information and the most current version at that. So why do we do the opposite when it comes to life decisions? 

All of the things we seek in life are going to boil down to what we believe is true. If we believe that we can do something on our own, we will act based on the understanding that we know what we are doing. If we believe that our parents did what was best, we respond in the same manner as they did. Sometimes we respond in similar fashion not because we thought they knew the best way but because it is the only example we have; therefore, we mimic their actions, both good and bad.

If we know of a friend who has experienced a situation or has dealt with a similar problem, we seek their experience and ask questions to find their point of view. It as even gotten to point of listening to the advice of complete strangers who we can't actually define as humans that we know exist. Does this sound like exaggeration?  Look at today's trends for the biggest systems of data sharing. We depend on Amazon reviews, Google reviews, and product news reports from paid advertising services to tell us what we should and should not eat, sleep, wear, drive, live, buy, etc. The list is endless.

To really make things worst, I bet half of the people who will read this will only see it because it will be posted to Facebook, Google+, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Now we are making life choices based on experiences from anyone. We follow trends of information, that many times, can't even be verified as valid. Please don't assume that I am saying we don't need these services nor should you assume that I am bashing the world of social media itself. The message is not to downgrade them but to lift our base standard of comparison to a higher level. My purpose is to remind us that we need to have a foundation of information that comes from a more reputable source than our own human based resources.

The ways of foolishness are not far from the ways of most of us at one point or another. If we say that we have never made a wrong decision, then we are foolish and lying to ourselves. Since we all have made, and will likely make more, incorrect choices over our years of living, we should be anxious to utilize the most comprehensive resource to guide our choices. What better resource could there be than the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, creator of wisdom... God? Why not use the directives provided by and protected by God... The Holy Bible? 

These very same directives have lasted for over 6,ooo years and miraculously, survived the folly and foolishness of men. When it comes to being grounded, it is the single most comprehensive listing of wisdom and good direction known to exist today. I am not saying follow God and his words simply because a lot of people "try" to follow them; instead, I say follow God because His word has been found to hold the truth that is undeniable. 

The bible has been verified in more ways than any other book on the planet. The reason the core values from almost every country, state, territory or government start with some base derivative of God's instruction is because it is the simple truth. And yes, I know that men have done much to corrupt and misuse the word of God but just because we don't do everything we are told to do, doesn't make God wrong. It just proves the point that we need to depend on a greater source of knowledge than our own wisdom.

More to come...

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twh