{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Senseless and Foolish","description":" For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand\u2026 (Psalm 92:4-6). These verses make me wonder if we aren\u2019t all a little senseless and maybe more than a little foolish. I\u2019m thinking about Christians. Often, when we read such verses, we rarely wonder if we are in this category. After all, who wants to think of themselves as senseless and foolish? But let\u2019s take a moment to consider if we ought not to start with ourselves. As mentioned last Friday, this is a Sabbath Psalm. Our reflections on rest must include the creation story with which the Bible begins. In the pause between the two accounts of God creating the cosmos, we find the Creator resting. Was he tired? Was he exhausted from his creating out of nothing? Did he need a little nap? No God followers have seriously considered an affirmative answer to these questions. The consensus is that God took time to delight in his creative work. With the Heidelberg Catechism, we confess that God \u201cout of nothing created heaven and earth and everything in them, and still upholds and rules them by his eternal counsel and providence\u201d (A 26). However, this upholding and ruling does not require the kind of grinding work and attention many of us are accustomed to in today\u2019s economy. God could rest and enjoy; creation did not fall apart. Caring for his creation does not overtax him. He has more than enough energy and lots to spare. Therefore, with the Catechism we also believe that this Creator \u201cis my God and Father because of Christ his Son. I trust him that he will provide whatever I need for body and soul\u2026 He is able to do this because he is almighty God; he desires to do this because he is a faithful Father.\u201d These are some of the deeds that make his people glad. They cause us to sing for joy. When we pay attention, we discover how profound God is. But here is the rub, many of us are too foolish and too senseless to pay attention. We miss Sabbath because our noses are always pressed against the grindstone. We have not paid attention to who our God is. He is not just creator, but also provider. In Christ, he is our father. Moreover, he sends the rain and the sun on all people. God invites us to be like him: to rest, to delight, to step away from the grindstone of work in a sin filled world. Enjoy him. Sing to him. If you cannot do it on Sundays, find other times. Trust him. He loves you and cares for you. Let\u2019s leave behind our senseless and foolish ways. As you journey on, receive Jesus\u2019 invitation into this rest: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls (Matthew 11:28-29). ","author_name":"Wilderness Wanderings","author_url":"http:\/\/www.immanuelministries.ca\/","html":"