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We start April with a day known as “April Fool’s Day” here in America. It’s a day some might pull “practical jokes” on others, tell corny jokes, or try to make a fool of someone else.

But that day got me to thinking about what God’s Word says about fools. The Bible is very specific and can be very convicting about our attitudes toward God and the way He works in our lives. Let me just give you a few of the verses where God speaks about what a fool is like, and the consequences of being a fool:

1. Proverbs 1:7 – “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.” How’s your attitude toward instruction? Do you take it well?
2. Proverbs 12:15 – “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise.” Can you listen to others and take advice, or are you always right?
3. Proverbs 28:26 – “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.” Do you trust your own ways, or in all your ways acknowledge God so that He will direct your path, as Proverbs 3:5-6 promises?
4. Proverbs 29:11 – “A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.” When you are upset about something, do you just have to tell everyone?
5. Proverbs 14:9 – “Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is favor.” Do you laugh at sin? Do you take it lightly? Do you excuse it?
6. Proverbs 10:18 – “Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.” Watch your tongue, as James would say. Slander and lies have no part in a Christian’s life.
7. Proverbs 19:1 – “Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.” These perverse lips do not just lie and gossip, they say things that are out of line with the Word of God.
8. And lastly – although there are many more in Scripture – Psalm 14:1 – “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” Oh, my friend, please do not make this mistake. The Heavens declare the Glory of God. Psalm 19:1. Romans 1 tells us to look at creation and to look at the conscience God gave each and every one of us to see that there is a God in Heaven. Remember God’s promise form Jeremiah 29:13:

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Come search the Scriptures with us at Maple Grove. It is our life’s pursuit, and it keeps us from becoming an April Fool – or worse!

Bro. Parks