“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or
‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and
perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s
chosen ones. See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.
Matthew 24:23-25(NLT)
There are a lot of false
offers of salvation out there.
In the 1990 movie “Ghost”
Whoopi Goldberg played a reluctant psychic named Oda Mae Brown, who was drawn
into a money, mayhem and murder plot.
She was a sham, a fraud, working the unsuspecting for a few
dollars. When the real deal of hell’s
demons showed up, she was as helpless as a cast statue of Buddha.
When we were living in
Florida more than 15 years ago I used to see advertisements all along the
roadside where Astrologers and fortune tellers like Oda Mae claimed they could
help you win it all in the Florida Lottery by predicting the
numbers. One time the Lotto rolled over
for 17 straight weeks because nobody picked the winning numbers. With all those astrological geniuses out there
able to predict the winning numbers, wonder why?
Apparently there are those
who still believe astrology, fortune-telling and other mysterious dark arts can
predict your life’s pathway or keep you out of disaster.
Many scoff at the idea of
astrologers and fortune-telling flim-flam artists. They have confidence that science, with its
computers, sophistication, and knowledge will come up with all the answers we
need.
Boston Red Sox slugger and
legend Ted Williams thought so. Williams
died in 2002, and his son signed off on having Williams’ body cryogenically
frozen, so that someday, when science breaks through and conquers death, he and
his son and youngest daughter will be reunited.
Ted Williams was looking for one last home run.
Meanwhile Ted’s body lies in
a freezer, and allegations are that the son has been busy trying to make a
zillion bucks selling clone material.
Why do we grasp at straws
when it comes to gaining an edge on death and the future? It’s the same reason the serpent had an easy
mark with Eve – we are prone to deception. We grasp at anything to be
independent from God.
If Oda Mae and Ted Williams
can teach us anything, it’s:
The fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God’.
Psalm 14:1(KJV)
And their example helps us understand why the wise know
that:
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of
true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs
1:7(NLT)
For You Today
The most incredible foolishness is available to anyone
who wants to disown God and try to solve all of life’s problems on their own;
just ask Oda Mae .
But for the wise, staying close to God and learning to
be obedient to His ways are the source of all the real answers!
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