No doubt that is exactly what is happening in our land today. Fox News is reporting that our down economy is giving a boost to psychics and tarot card readers as many are looking for good news regarding their financial future. To be sure, it will be long until we hear reports about how people have started reading chicken entrails.
How did we get to this point? It all began when we started denying God's rule and existence. Now that the comfort of His sovereign, caring hand has been vanquished from men's minds, people must turn to other avenues for some semblance of peace and hope. As a result, people look to supposed mediums and mediators that may provide that comfort.
Moreover, in atheism one understands that the events of the world are simply random and meaningless events strung together by nothing other than cause and effect. Fortune telling is a perfect follow up because it seeks to make sense of the random and meaningless. In tarot readings cards are turned over at random and chance is the name of the game. Crystal balls and palm reading are perfect matches too because everything is simply fate (determinism is the essence of atheistic cause and effect).
We all need reassurance regarding the state of things tomorrow. That is human nature. However, those who deny God are bound to flounder in the ocean of anxiety. They are forced to depend upon their own limited resources. Being that these do not provide any help in the long run, we must turn to those who pose as diagnosticians of the future (Unfortunately--pun intended, fortune tellers and gypsies are just as limited as anyone else).
Peering beyond the curtain of today requires contact with the God who creates tomorrow and sees the end from the beginning. As well, in Christianity one need not turn to a human mediator (priest or pastor) for answers. You can get what you need yourself by simply directing your attention to what God himself has revealed in His Word.
For those truly concerned about how things will turn out down the road, Christ's word is quite simple (Matt 5): Do not worry about tomorrow. Seek first the kingdom of God. All the things you need will be provided, just as they are for the rest of the earth's creatures. The sovereign God who controls the events of life upholds all things and keeps His eye particularly upon those who trust in Him.
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