Searcher of foolish hearts

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;

there is none who does good.

God looks down from heaven

on the children of man

to see if there are any who understand,

who seek after God.

Psalm 53:1-2

These two verses are in sharp contrast. The first verse describes a fool. The second verse shows us Who is all wise. The first verse is a self-deceived person. The second verse is the Seeker of all people. The first abandons the search for God. The second constantly searches for those who may seek Him. The first is a condemned, lost sinner. The second is a holy God Who alone offers salvation. Thus the contrast is between an atheist fool and the wise Searcher of all human hearts.

So much in human culture wants to embrace the mantra of the fool: “There is no God.” It is cried out in pain and disillusionment. It is changed as secular dogma from elite institutions. Some people considered it an “enlightened” (ironic term really) educated view. Some people reject God because of what other people have done in His name. I find this too be poorly reasoned and quite sad. It seems to me to be a bit like rejecting medical science because the Nazis did horrible human experiments of Jews in concentration camp labs. 

Other people don’t like the thought of moral accountability. These seem to be the fools talked about in this psalm. They embrace their most sin-warped, corrupt thinking so that they can by denial of God justify wrong living. In my estimation this is a big reason people push toward rejecting God today.

But God seeks even those who reject Him. He looks at all the children of man. His Spirit searches all hearts, pricks consciences, still draws even the most strident atheist to consider Him. I am called to speak the gospel to those who need to know that God seeks them. Jesus has died to draw all people to consider Him. My hope is not found in the conclusions of fools! I trust in the One Who searches and seeks after all hearts.