Trust Not in Man

Psalm 146:3 reads, "Do not put your trust in princes, Nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help."

Around the turn of the 19th century, there was a turn in the thinking of Western people. Previous to this time, people (generally speaking) trusted in themselves, in family and in God. Slowly, through various "thinkers" as Darwin, Dewey (father of the modern school system), Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Freud and many others, people began to question long held beliefs, began to question themselves (usually a good thing in the right context) and question God (never a good thing... just ask Job).

One of the results of this paradigm shift was the birth of a new religion... science. By the mid 30's, science became accepted as the solution to most of our problems, and scientists became the new prophets. Fast forward 80 years and to a great degree, we are still in the same mindset. Despite Chernobyl, Thalidomide, DDT and killer bees (okay that's a weird mix but the choices of scientific blunders are too numerous) we still seem to look to science to ward off the boogeyman. This seems especially true in the arena of interstellar boogeymen. For years scientists have theorized what a large asteroid could do to life on earth and have been trying to come up with solutions... problem is that all of their solutions will need time to implement and that requires discovering these little gremlins before they get too close. Add to that, the fact that there is an awful lot of sky up there to watch and one can see why we shouldn't be looking to NASA or ESA for salvation. We have had at least three near-miss events in the past few months (another coming in February) and one memorable one some time back was not even SEEN until AFTER it has passed by us and was on its way back out into space. Oops... kinda dropped the ball on that one there didn't ya "Einstein?"

Superstorms, volcanoes earthquakes and scores of other natural phenomena are proving that we cannot trust human reason or human "experts" to help us. To their benefit, some scientific bodies are at least showing enough humility to say "we don't know what is going on... this is new" and this I pray helps the rest of us turn from the false god of science to the true Elohim. Where science used to tell us that a worldwide earthquake was impossible because of the mechanics of earthquakes, they are now seeing that simultaneous earthquakes are possible... they even have a name for it now... "earthquake storms". Scientist Gheorghe Marmureanu from the National Institute of Earth Physics in Romania, referring to an increase in large correlational earthquakes, has said, "The quakes are a surprise that cannot be easily explained by current scientific knowledge". I just love it when a scientist has to admit (even unwittingly) that the scriptures are accurate. They are realizing that their sacred hypotheses are not holding up to reality and a new line of thought is needed.

The bible says in Isaiah 24:1, "Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste, Distorts its surface And scatters abroad its inhabitants." There are many other verses that speak of a geologic cataclysm that is to come... and NASA can't save us.

A few verses past the verse at the top of this blog, the book of Psalms says, "Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them: Who keeps truth forever, Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry."

According to the Word of God, there are major earthquakes to come. Meteors will hit the earth. We need to grow in faith in the coming weeks and months. As things become more difficult, the faith we have now, will not carry us. We need now to spend more time in the Word of God, pray more and train our thinking and lifestyle to be in tune with the will of Elohim in order to walk in the peace and joy that will be in short supply as we approach the end. Yahweh is our salvation. He will protect whom He wishes, feed His people when food is in short supply and show the world that He is still in control. He is the only One we can trust and He is the only One we need to trust in.

Blessings.