Proverbs 27:22 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.” (Proverbs 27:22 NKJV)

This passage tells us that fools are hopeless. They are incurable and unfixable. No matter how much you pummel on them like wheat into flour to extract and cast off the undesired chaff. Yes, chaff is extracted from wheat by pounding. But, not for fools, fools are fools. No amount of effort can remove foolishness from fools. Nothing can effectively restore good sense and normality on a fool, let alone make him wise.

Being a fool is a choice. Fools choose to reject God and the saving grace of Jesus. He disdains God's Word of life. That's a painful and tragic decision the foolish person makes. And, even God can't do anything about it other than continue to pursue him by His love. The Lord can't force anything on anyone to choose Him and be the God of their life. He gave every person the power of free will. And He, being just, can't take that free will back. But by our act of free will though, we can choose to surrender our free will back to God. That is the wisest action we can do! Especially, for a fool!

Only the fool himself, by a simple act of choosing to turn to God and rest in the Lordship of Jesus Christ by His grace through faith, can restoration happen in his life. The Bible reminds: “Therefore this is what the Lord says: “If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me;..” (Jeremiah 15:19a NIV)

The authority of God's Word declares this truth: "The Law of the LORD is perfect, restoring life. The testimony of the LORD is steadfast, making foolish people wise." (Psalms 19:7 ISV)

And I Say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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