I've been doing a lot of thinking lately as I walk around from class to class, fall asleep in the still darkness of night and wake to the bright hope of morning. I've just been thinking about how vain life really is apart from God. Just think about it. Every human is born an insufficient intracacy of tissue, bone, and blood, still woven together under God's masterful design. We soon learn to talk and walk and eventually we start school for the purpose of learning so we can work together with other humans to help take care of God's designed world. We work for years and years and soon, if God keeps us from the many afflications that could cause an early death, we die naturally. Our flesh eroding to nothingness but our spirit going one place or another. How can one claim atheism? To truly believe there is no God you would basically have to stop breathing or eating. Where did it all come from? The heart that beats faithfully, rhythmically, helping to circulate blood under lungs which help us breath. What about the food we eat? Why do we get obese from eating more food than the body needs and why do we get malnourished from not eating enough? Who established that "set-point" that establishes optimum health in our bodies? What about thinking and feeling? The brain has a variety of different lobes that give us a memory, sensory perception, and emotional perception. Where did these come from and why are humans the only ones that care for God's created earth? Why all of these things? Because God established all of these things to be or to put it more simply He said so. Belief in atheism or any other religion suggests a depressing and confusing life. How could we be just entities made to reproduce, rebel against our heart's conscience, and cease existence? Do we get a job just to make a living or, at best, enjoy the short time we've been given on earth by living in luxury? Why do we get diseases? Why are people poor? Why are people crazy? What a cruel existence that would be if all we had to look forward to was sleeping in a recliner in our air-conditioned homes watch our high def tv's. Or, how about the American favorite, sticking two pieces of noise-filled plastic pieces in our ears so we can just tune everything and everyone out. I'd sure like to think that there's something bigger to life than all that pointless, useless, hopeless pursuit. And, by God'd grace in sending His Son to sacrifice his life for His chosen children's sin and rejection of Him, there is much more to life. We are all part of God's magnificent plan. However, as part of that plan those of us who believe and trust in Him will spend eternity in heaven with Him while those who don't believe will spend eternity in hell. I think it's time that all of us take a step back and take a good look at ourselves. As Christians, do we really see our filthiness apart from God's grace? Or have we gotten so caught up in self-righteousness, sarcasm, and, my biggest struggle, doubt, that we have orgotten who we are and why we are here? God does have a plan, there is no need to doubt. Just the thought of living in a world without our Lord and Creator gives me the shudders. Even the most basic life functions require His regulation. We age, we travel, we sleep, we smile, we cry, we question but at the end of the day nothing has changed. Our God still sits on the throne and allows everything to happen that happens for His divine plan. With that in mind I don't fear death and I don't fear life. What is there to fear? I want to obey God and honor Him with my life. That's all. Maybe I'm not the smartest, strongest, or tallest but He can still use me and every other Christian. We are His children. I'm glad that He reminds me when I start to forget, that nothing else matters but desiring to glorify Him with my life....
In Him, Josh
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