Sensible

Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.---Prov.17:24 (NLT) These words remind me of Jesus dealing with the religious leaders of his day who were determined not to believe him to be the Messiah. Describing their stubbornness to accept the truth he said, "You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel."---Here Jesus was doing miracle after miracle as signs of who he was, and yet they acted like that was too tough to swallow. Today, people will go to far away places in search of a "real" experience with God or a god or even multi-gods. They act as if going to a country in the Far East into a remote village with an unpronounceable name makes the experience more real. On top of that, to get the real experience they need to smoke who knows what out of a pipe that really makes them feel spiritual. They are wandering the earth in remote places when God is not hiding. Jesus was crucified in public. There were eyewitnesses. There were many people that saw Jesus after his resurrection. They have testified of that, and even died for that. The heavens declare the glory of God (Ps.19), but that is not enough for some. God made it simple. Instead of going with what we know, people will pick something obscure to use as an excuse to not believe. Yet, they'll do extra-weird things to foster another belief. ---Use the brain the Good Lord gave you! Stop straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.