Bethany Lutheran Church

God’s way often seems foolish to the world, and to surrender our will to God’s will often seems very foolish to those around us who don’t know God. The Psalms give us language to come to grips with what true wisdom is, even when it feels like foolishness. Psalm 14 (ESV)To the choirmaster. Of David.The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”    They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds;    there is none who does good.The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,    to see if there are any who understand,    who seek after God.They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;    there is none who does good,    not even one.Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers    who eat up my people as they eat bread    and do not call upon the Lord?There they are in great terror,    for God is with the generation of the righteous.You would shame the plans of the poor,    but the Lord is his refuge.Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!    When the Lord restores the fortunes of his