Bible Studies

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This lesson is the end of the second cycle of seven Psalms. The first ended with the truth about the Kingdom we seek. This cycle ends with the truth about its King, the One who deserves our trust.





14. Understanding the Foolish

The fools have convinced themselves that there is no God. This corrupts them and makes worthless everything that they do. The Lord looks upon man’s knowledge to see if anybody understands or seeks after the real truth. Everyone has gone astray, there is nobody doing good by his own efforts. No, not one.

Are they addlebrained, do they think taking advantage of others gains for them? They don’t look for the truth. Their knowledge does not reduce their fear because God is the basis of real truth. They ridicule the trust of the poor in spirit who are faithful.

Things will be put right, we will understand and be glad.





The foolish do not understand that there is a Kingdom nor do they fear the King. They put their trust only in what they can see and do not believe the promises given to their fathers. We do believe, yet we must learn to live in our hope while surrounded by trouble and doubt. There is real truth whether we are aware of it or not and the best of mans’ knowledge falls short. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all believe there is only one Creator and we agree that how we worship God does not change Him, yet there are elements within all three religions that believe their god is the real one and the others’ are false. How we worship is personal but how we act is social and being religious does not always keep us from being mislead by our beliefs.

So, how do we actually go about the business of trusting? We can only start from wherever we are right now, then look for signs of progress as we go along. To begin, we smile and give our praises, then do whatever we think is best without knowing where it might lead. We trust that we can face the unknown because we have the ability to learn from the mistakes that will inevitably come. And so, the beginning of trust is having courage, having the faith in ourselves that we will have the energy to start something and continue with it despite our fears. Trust is courage in action. You will have made preparations, you've trained and practiced, others who should know have told you that you are ready (though you are not so sure); then comes a moment that you remember forever that has been long awaited but comes quite unexpectedly, when you step out and begin.

You could be out on a stage with a microphone in your hand, you could be falling through the air waiting for your parachute to open, you could be waiting in the emergency room for the doctor to come out, or waiting in court, or looking into the eager eyes of students or co-workers who expect the very best from you. All you have to hold onto at that moment is whatever faith you can squeeze out from the vacumn that seems to appear inside of you, the faith that you can trust yourself to act according to your will, and nothing else.

Trusting your belief is work, and it develops in small steps. Faith is the evidence of the gain made from the work of trust. It's the riches that the Word has spoken of for six thousand years. We find that only the truth can be trusted and the truth does not come from us, it comes to us. Jesus said it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a man who trusts in riches to get into the kingdom of God (Mt 19:23,24). Trust your judgement to do what is best and know that the Lord will understand.

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