Monday, March 21, 2011

Thank you God, for my Faith

How can we describe "faith"? It's a very difficult thing to define. Yet it is the thing that separates us from unbelievers.There are a lot of people in this world who would happily believe there was a God if we could only prove it. To us creation itself is the proof. How could we be here with the seasons working in perfect order, babies being born, the moon and stars and sun all set in place perfectly if someone hadn't started it all. Christians believe that someone is watching over his work. So then atheists will say to us why does God allow sin then? Why does he allow earthquakes and tsunamis? What about child abuse and murder and rape and terrorism?

I guess I wonder those things too but in the end I will always come back to this. God didn't make this world imperfect. He made it perfect in every way. Man fell into sin and after that the heartache and sorrow came. And since in Adam we all fell we all deserve eternal damnation. So instead of saying "Why is God so mean?" we ought to say, "Why is God so kind that he allows anyone any blessing at all, and that he gave his Son to save some unrepentant sinners because he loved them before the foundation of the world?"

Justice would be eternal damnation for all. Justice would be not a moments peace or bliss or blessing in life. Yet we are blessed with many good things. I think the problem with those who choose to believe there is not God is this: They cannot accept that they are at heart evil. That any good they do or receive is from the hand of God. It's easier to believe we can 'make' our own happiness. Believing I am at heart evil is a very freeing thing. Accepting that means that I can stop trying to make it on my own, I need God at every turn, knowing that God will and must help me is a relief! What a weight to carry to think your happiness in life is up to you!

It makes me terribly sad to know how many people out there are floundering, thinking that they can do it on their own if they just think positively enough. It especially makes me sad when I live in the complete joy and happiness of knowing that Jesus died for my sins and I'm pure before the Lord. Jesus' sacrifice is free for all to receive. There is happiness in this life though it's marred by sin and incomplete, there are blessings to enjoy. But the real joy the deep joy I can experience even in my darkest hour, that is a joy that everyone on this earth can posses. If they let go of the desire to believe human beings have some bit of good in them and rely only on their Saviour. That's faith. It's the only thing that can bring true contentment to the soul.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

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