day no. 15,902: the guardians of heathen genius

Therefore your end is on you,
Is on you and your kings,
Not for a fire in Ely fen,
Not that your gods are nine or ten,
But because it is only Christian men
Guard even heathen things.

For our God hath blessed creation, 
Calling it good. I know
What spirit with whom you blindly band
Hath blessed destruction with his hand;
Yet by God's death the stars shall stand
And the small apples grow.
  -- G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

Only the meek will inherit the world; what worldliness seeks, it leaves to the meek. Those who worship the world won't get to keep it. All of their efforts are only done for the sake of those they despise. The heathen's best inventions will not be taken with them. Their best efforts will be left to those who gave their allegiance to God. Whatever genius God inspires in the heathen, He leaves to others. All their vanity and achievement are like the houses and vineyards the Israelites inherited when they entered Canaan.

The blood of the Son has purchased the world and He has left it to His faithful servants in His will. He has stored up the world and all its treasures, beauty, and goodness as an inheritance for those who love Him.