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  I guess everyone else has it all figured out.

  It seems whenever we have some tragedy, some problem some crisis happens, folks come out of the woodwork absolutely convinced that know what will fix it. Pass this law, revoke this act, get rid of this guy, buy this product, start doing this, stop doing that.

  Whatever the solution is, people seem to be really sure that it is the way even if another fellow thinks the exact opposite is just as true.

  I just don’t know.

  I’d like to think it is humility on my part but that is probably not. Thinking you are humble usually means you are not.  I do however know that the older I get the more I realize I have no clue how lots of things are and even less about how they should be.

  Yet it seems our world today is so sure of itself. We have an opinion on everything and feel that our solutions are the solutions, even if we have no more to go on that a flimsy news report and second-hand knowledge. I think that mindset is dangerous for our country.

  But it might be even more dangerous for our souls.

  A humble attitude is constantly praised in the Scriptures. Those that are proud and sure usually find themselves in ruin.  Those that ‘have it all figured out’ usually don’t. Personal egotism doesn’t lead us to right paths. Humble hearts, open minds and submission to God do.

Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS."  So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,
1 Corinthians 3:18-21 

  If you have all the problems solved, that doesn't leave God much room to work in your life. If we are sure in ourselves, it doesn’t open us up to put trust in the Lord.

  The world is a complex difficult place full of things that are beyond us. Instead of trying to run it, let’s look to the one that created it all.

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