Bragging that they, with human authority, were wisdom, they lived out being a fool! That’s what happens if you try to take all the glory that belongs to the incorruptible, forever God, and say that humans, or anything else that God created, can contain that authority. (Romans 1:22-23)
Do you ever get a little too big for your
britches? Do you maybe worry about how you will solve the huge problem that
hangs over you and your people? Do you plan how you will fix that person who is
messing up the work? Do you think you have the power or authority to change
another person’s life in a significant way? If so, you may be dangerously close
to becoming the person Paul describes in this passage.
Paul is describing mankind in this part of
his letter, but he offers a very important insight into how God responds to
idolatry. Clearly, God doesn’t suffer fools gladly (2 Corinthians 11:19). If a
person is foolish enough to experience God’s creation, His intervention in the
lives of people, and His personal call to relationship, and yet still deny His
authority as God, He will let them become the very essence of foolishness.
Their innate need to worship will cause them to either try to become god, or to
create some other, false god in which to invest their lives.
The only authority that is forever and
incorruptible (stays firm, lasts) is the Lord God. Never try to take His role.
Never assume responsibilities that are His. Always give Him the glory for what
He alone can do.
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