Stupidity

Have you ever thought about stupid we are? I am doing a new Bible study and I am currently in Genesis and for the past few days I have been reading about the first days of Earth. You know what? I will just never understand the mercy and grace of God because why oh why did he create creatures who make such poor choices when He gives us everything?

For example, Cain. After Cain killed Abel he lied to God about it. “I don’t know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother’s guardian?” Genesis 4:9 (NLT). Can you believe that? He honestly thought that he could lie to God! I sat there shaking my head in disbelief wondering what in the world was going through Cain's head lying to God and then it hit me, I do the same thing! When I am not honest with someone else I am lying to God because He knows the truth anyway! He is just placing me in a situation to see if I am going to be truthful and when I'm not...I'm lying to Him!

And then there was Noah. Okay, check this out. Noah was obedient to God and followed his instructions, built an ark while everyone on Earth laughed at him, ridiculed him, chastised him but Noah never faltered. He just kept right on following God. And, just as He had promised, God spared Noah's life along with the life of Noah's family. So, what does Noah do when it is all said and done? He plants some grapes, makes some wine, drinks it and gets drunk! "One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent." Genesis 9:21 (NLT). I don't know if things were different back in that day but I can tell you right now that, in my opinion, doing something like that is not respectful towards God...who just spared you and YOUR FAMILY! Hello...

I could sit here and go on and on about the stupidity of man that I am learning through this new Bible study. And...I am also learning how I am right along with them! Isn't it so easy to look at someone else and think you moron but when you look at yourself you can justify everything you are doing? I think it's time that we all pick up a bottle of Windex and a rag and clean our own mirror and check ourselves out before we start checking out others.