I'm sure you've heard what's been in the news for more than a month, the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. There's no doubt it's man's fault, but I was surprised to find an entire chapter of the Bible relevant to it. I mean, I know it's the word of God, and more than half of it can be read as prophetic and historic at the same time. I'm also aware of what is supposed to happen in escalating intensity during "the last days", but none of the signs of the end of the age seem to describe an oil spill in my opinion, not directly.
However, as I said, I found an entire chapter of the Bible that reflects whats going on now. To tell the truth, it's actually kind of poetic.
As humans, we've got an affinity for exploiting natural resources until they run dry and we look somewhere else. Eventually, we end up looking in hard-to-reach places (like the bottom of the sea, for example). When drilling for oil is going like it's supposed to, the profit margin is pretty high--just watch the Beverly Hillbillies if you don't believe me.
But, like in the case of the Gulf Oil Spill, all the other creatures know better than to go to such extremes. Humanity on the other hand seems to view everything like an investment. Humans can look at a mountain or seabed or whatever, and it's like their eyes cha-ching into dollar signs like in cartoons.
What's the point? Sure, man can spend his entire life studying nature so as to better exploit it, but can we really understand anything the way God does? Despite what we think, we are oblivious to how far away from true understanding we really are. The truth is, every method we have to find wisdom is pretty ineffective.
BP certainly demonstrated verse 14 at the bottom of the sea for us.
Wisdom and understanding are more valuable than money--that, or Job couldn't afford his college tuition.
This bodes the question, where is this alleged understanding? God only knows.
Literally, no pun intended.
What's God got to say about it then?
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