Have you ever been called a ‘fool’? If you haven’t, many of us can
report that it does not feel good. Sometimes you know you’re acting
foolish, so you’re not overly surprised when you get that feedback. But
when you’re making decisions and choices that you think are good and
that anyone else would make, getting called a ‘fool’ can be hard to
take. In this passage, we have this exact scenario. And what makes it
even more shocking is that God Himself calls this person a ‘fool’. What
would someone do or think that would be so extreme as to have this
feedback from God? Let’s dive into a topic on which many people today
are completely blind and then let’s ask ourselves where this kind of
foolishness has taken hold in our lives.