The world today is like a smoldering fire which frequently breaks out into flame in spots. If it is not Egypt, it is Palestine, or India, or Germany, or Poland, or Indonesia, where the flame is. The statesmen and political leaders stand about trying to stamp out each little blaze fearing a more general conflagration. Most men want peace, but not so that they may live “quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty,” but that they may live for themselves and forget God. They would like peace while the “Prince of Peace” is despised and rejected, but they shall not have peace. Many place their hopes in the United Nations; others count on certain alliances to offset Russia’s greatness and her nefarious schemes. Nevertheless, the world is rolling along to certain and decreed judgment.
Are we not reminded of a verse in Jeremiah 8?— “The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?” What real wisdom have the wisest men of the world today? They have rejected the Word of the Lord! and can they be wise? A simple child of God with an understanding of his Bible and in dependence upon God could give real counsel to the counselors.
“O that they were wise, that they understood this”: “I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.” (Deut. 32:29; Isa. 46:9-10.) God’s purposes concerning this world will be fulfilled and men’s shall come to nothing. There are two verses in Psalm 33 which put men’s counsel and God’s together, but in sharpest contrast.
“The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.” vs. 10.
“The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.” vs. 11.