LEARNING FROM POLITICIANS

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In this day and age it seems inconceivable, but you can

learn something from politicians.  Well, that is, what not

to do.

Like myself you have noticed that some of them (Most of 

them.) say something stupid every time they open their 

mouth.  Every time they say something, something dumb

comes out and they appear even more ignorant than the time

before.  Talk about a low I.Q.  Some of them appear to not 

even have an I.Q. at all.

What is the answer?

God gave it a long time ago through the wisest man that ever

lived.

A side note.

That wise man "Solomon" was not born "smart"  He did not

have an exceptional I.Q. or training.  His only "smart" thing

was to know that he was not "smart".  So he ask God for the

wisdom he needed, and God gave it to him in abundance.

The smart thing that Solomon said was;

"Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent;

with their mouths shut,
they seem intelligent."
(Proverbs 17:28 NLT) 

I am trying to learn that too.

DECEIVED

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"Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you;"

(Isaiah 47:10 NASB)  

These people he was talking to felt smart, secure and 

even had power in their spells.

But, they are roasting in the Devil's hell today.

I have to ask myself.  Is my wisdom something I have

figured out by myself?  Or, is it based on the revealed

Word of God, the Holy Bible?

SMART, OH SO SMART

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SMART, OH SO SMART

For  many years I worked as an automotive

technician in a university town.  It was a

Lincoln Mercury dealership.  This resulted 

in a good number of our customers being

"professors" or "administrators" from the

University.

One day I was sent up to the University to

help one of the "professors" get his car started.

[I do not know what he "professed".]

I had to show him how to turn the ignition

switch all the way over to the start position.

Give the man credit.  It did not take him

too long to grasp the concept.

"Be not wise in your own eyes;"

(Proverbs 3:7 RSV)   

I know another very very intelligent man.

BUT, he can not seem to do the simplest

task correctly.  Perhaps he is too smart.

Of course, he would not want that fact

pointed out to him.

"Claiming to be wise, they become 

fools,"

(Romans 1:22 RSV)

I am beginning to thank God that I am not

too smart.

THE WISDOM OF MAN

God gave us a brain.

But when some pseudo scientist

takes the facts and arranges them

in the order he wants, adding lots of 

guessing to up make his own fairy tale -

That's artificial intelligence.

TOO SMART FOR OUR OWN GOOD

Personally I would

rather not be around

ignorant, dumb or

stupid people. That

means anyone more

ignorant, dumb, or

stupid than myself.

[If other people think

like that. It may

account for them not bothering me!]

I do not know of any place in the Scriptures that

puts a premium on, ignorance, stupidity, or

dumbness. (You draw the lines of demarcation.)

And I am not trying to advocate them.

But have you ever thought about how sometimes

we are too smart for what we are doing? Too

smart for our own good?

Any time we think we can handle things, or

depend on our own abilities, we are too smart for

our own good. Jesus said,

"for apart from me you can do nothing."

-John 15:5 RSV

The Apostle Paul said,

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

to show that the transcendent power belongs

to God and not to us.-2 Corinthians 4:7 RSV

We are only the container. It is supposed to be

God who is seen in us. Not us and our skills or

abilities or knowledge.

Look what happened to Moses. He was raised by

Pharaoh's daughter in the palaces of Egypt.

"And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of

the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words

and deeds."

-Acts 7:22 RSV

And you know God could not use him that

way. Moses had to spend forty years in the desert

unlearning what he had learned. But when God

got through with him. He was the meekest man

on earth and God was able to use him in a mighty

way.

"Now the man Moses was very meek, more

than all men that were on the face of the earth.

-Numbers 12:3 RSV

[Hey! what happened to his self esteem???]

See this vessel (container).

That is the way we are

supposed to be. It is cheap,

fragile and no good for any

thing. It's purpose is only

to display the cheesecake.

It's all about the cheesecake,

not the container,

Even what little stands

out on this crummy

container, is advertising

for the cheesecake.

That is the way we are supposed to be. Full of

God, and whatever anyone can see in us is only

about God in us.

K.P. Yohannan in his book "Dependence Upon the

Lord" on page 41 gives us this quote from Mother

Teresa.

"I am convinced that when I am gone, if God finds

a person more ignorant and useless that I, He will

do greater things through that person because it

will be His doing."

"Lord help us to only show you and not ourselves.

May you increase while we decrease."