[Stupid]
is a rather derogatory term that is often used to make fun of what is
considered to be foolish behavior and thinking in impolite circles. To use it in a sentence and provide some
context: someone with more crass than class might say in response, “No sh**,
Sherlock—even stupid people know that!"
What
is not so well known is that the word is actually referring to being in a state
of mind similar to a stupor, which is where awareness and comprehension of
circumstances is essentially non-existent.
Be
assured that there are a lot of stupid people when it comes to recognizing our
Heavenly Father’s active participation in our daily lives. For aside from things happening (both bad and
good) each and every day that defies natural logic, all of us have (or at least
have had) thoughts containing information that has led to ideas that could not
have possibly been the product of personal experience and what is generally
considered to be natural intelligence and yet, far too many keep going about
their business without a clue.
If
you are having hard time with that, just take a good hard look at the word
commonly used to refer to the natural ability to know and understand things: IN-TELL-igence. Could this not be actually referring to being
told from within?
No,
none of this is meant to be as insulting as it sounds. For much of the blame for all of the
stupidity rests upon what has been so widely taught in our Heavenly Father’s
name for far too long. For instead of
encouraging us to want to believe that He truly is actually with us, far too
many have been led to believe that our Heavenly Father is (at best) merely
looking down upon us from Heaven.
Making
that even worse is what has been taught about our Heavenly Father being an
angry God, who looks down from His throne to see if any of us are living righteous
lives in accordance to the instructions given in His Holy Bible. For anyone who can be truly honest with
themselves knows that they cannot measure up to His perceived standards of
perfection. Subsequently, the last thing
they would want to believe is that He is actually there with them.
No,
the Biblical accounts of our Heavenly Father having personal interaction with
the likes of [Enoch], [Noah], [Abraham] and [Moses] have not been ignored, but
the emphasis has been mostly placed upon the false notion that they had proven
themselves worthy of His favor when the absolute truth of the matter truly is
that there has never been anything good about any of us apart from Him.
Yes,
it is indeed written: Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your
God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. For
your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have
spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things. [Isaiah 59:1-3 NIV]
However,
it would do us well to think of this separation as being like being in a bad
marriage where the husband and wife still live under the same roof—even sleep
in the same bed together, while their hearts and minds are worlds apart. For the absolute truth of the matter truly is
that our Heavenly Father has always been with each and every one of us since the
womb, but of what good is this to either Him or us when we do not want to recognize
His presence?
Yes,
He could make it undeniable by just making Himself physically visible, but some
would only want to bow down before Him out of fear of what He could obviously
do to them if they did not while others would only want to bow down before Him
out of desire for personal gain when He wants to be loved for the goodness of
His heart. Hence: the real reason for
why He chose to hide His omnipresence from our physical sight.
No,
our Heavenly Father’s ways are not nearly as mysterious as it has been so
widely taught, but they are much higher (in regards to purpose) than our
own. Therefore, they can appear to be
quite a mystery—especially to those walking around in a stupor.
Speaking
of such, I recently had quite an experience.
For I woke up with my physical sight significantly impaired, and as if
that was not enough to put a great scare into me, the only voice in my head
that I could hear was the one telling me that my eyes would remain blurry since
there was nothing that could be medically done to fix them.
Yes,
it was rather stupid of me to despair.
For I know, which goes far beyond merely having a great amount of faith
on account of the [witness] of His Holy Spirit, that nothing can happen unless
our Heavenly Father allows it to, and I also know that everything that has ever
happened to me has been for His glory and my own ultimate good.
No,
none of our thoughts should be taken too much for granted. For the devil and his demons are allowed to
mess with our heads at times.
Alas,
I fear that I am still far from being perfected, which should serve as
sufficient proof in and of itself of such.
For the one who fears is not perfected in love [1 John 4:16-18].
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