Foolish Fear
“How long will I see the standard, And hear the sound of the trumpet? “For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge.”” Jeremiah 4:21-22 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jer.4.21-22.nkjv The reality in life is that national punishment does not absolutely discriminate between the righteous and the unrighteous. In spite of God’s mercy and preservation in moments of holy wrath, those who fear the Lord do get weary. For Prophet Jeremiah, the concern is ‘how long shall the righteous bear the weariness of the unrighteous’ wickedness?’. However, the response of the Almighty God brings a different dimension to what actually constitutes the difference between wise and foolish concerns in life. The fear of the people’s final sentence after life is wiser than the fear of the people’s temporal standard of living. The foolish fear of sacrificing eternity with God over a...