Jim Gallagher

Psalm 100:3  

“Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”

Have you ever heard the phrase, “you should have known better”?  We use it when we view evidence so compelling that a particular conclusion is obvious. “I didn’t know that would happen!” This statement, response to throwing a firecracker into the barbecue pit, or bringing a handgun through airport security, is an unreasonable response;  “You should know better.” It seems equally as surprising to me, that the Psalmist would need to remind us that man is a creative work of God  and did not spring into being as a result of his own innate ability. As surprising, and even preposterous as it may be, we hear all of the time, how highly intelligent and well educated people will choose to believe that man is not a byproduct…