The Lord is despised as too antiquated to understand complex issues.
GOD, your Redeemer … says: “I am GOD. I made all that is. With no help from you I spread out the skies and laid out the earth.”
Isaiah 44v24
Someone asked, “Does God understand how a nuclear reactor works?” I was shocked by my hesitation. Of course, he created everything!
I had compartmentalised God with the way I live, spirituality, emotions and well being. That left the creator God outside so many boxes.
He makes the magicians look ridiculous and turns fortune-tellers into jokes. He makes the experts look trivial and their latest knowledge look silly.
Isaiah 44v25-28
The magicians of our day are the experts. People go to experts when considering complex systems and information. They are treated as the authority. Notice for example, how people discussing behaviour, often validate their thoughts with psychologists’ theories.
The world is splitting between those who trust experts and those who have given up on them. Many experts have overstated their competence and understanding. The Lord has delighted to make them look silly. Now, many distrust their pronouncements on climate, politics, religion, economics, …
Who do you trust? What does it mean to trust God in these unstable times?
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