A WAY TO BE SMARTER

It has been observed that the higher the intelligence of an animal the greater is its capacity to play--to do things for the pure enjoyment without a purpose of survival, reproduction, etc. Thus, that an otter will play and a worm will not is a sign of the otter's superior intelligence. My point isn't to say humans should play more frequently to illustrate they are the most intelligent. My point is an observation that is also true: Only the living being with the greatest intelligence—the human—consciously, intentionally, worships. Atheists like to posture as the most intelligent of us humans. However, could their lack of worship indicate a lack of intelligence--perhaps, not of mere native IQ, but of moral and metaphysical IQ? They would say it is unintelligent to believe in God; reality is, it is unintelligent not to. Rather than the claim of the atheist elite that to worship God is unintelligent, the reality is that to not worship is unintelligent. Is it not observable that people who do NOT sincerely worship God engage in the dumbest of activities? Think of the self-destructive behavior of those who will not worship God. Those people or those societies that turn from worshiping God always embrace behavior that is in the end harmful, weakening, and destructive. How intelligent is that? “The fool hath said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” (Psa 14:1). Paul says of those who have rejected the reality of God: “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,” (Rom 1:22). It is in this that play and worship are comparable: Both are evidences of intelligence. We should neither worship our play nor play at our worship. Both, however, are evidences of the intelligence we derived from being created in the image of the All Intelligent One. Could I just say it? Worship is smart. And, furthermore, could we not worship as we play simply for the pleasure of it? Both the pleasure we receive in our souls and the pleasure it brings our Father God? There truly is a way to be smarter: Worship.