The premise of the idea of
God comes from the fact that the galaxies and everything in them need an
origin. Scientists say that a particle of gas exploded. The Bible calls that
gas the breath of God, “God said” (Genesis1:3). Even the human body, soul and spirit are miraculous,
and demand a Creator who developed the precision and magnificence of who we
are.
There are two forces at work
in our world: light and darkness, good and evil, God and the devil. God created
Satan as a holy archangel, but pride and rebellion rose in his heart. Rather
than being grateful to God for the multitude of blessings he enjoyed, he
promoted a mutiny and took an army of angels with Him when God cast them out of
heaven. God sent them to the earth and gave Satan authority over this world (Isaiah
14:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4; John 12:31).
Then, God created mankind
and fashioned Paradise for him (Genesis 2:8).
Adam and Eve were protected from Satan and his demons and God provided
everything they would ever need for a wondrous life. Satan was delighted to
finally have someone to influence and possibly to rule over and to add to his
kingdom. He worked his deceptive magic on Adam and Eve and he has been
propagating his lying subterfuge ever since.
We all go through negative
experiences in life and we often “try God” during these times. We find
fulfillment for our soul – our thoughts, choices and emotions. This emotional
high lasts for a while and we start to heal. We experience the fellowship of
authentic Believers and the love of God in them.
Once we heal emotionally,
however, we believe we no longer need the emotional support of the church
anymore. Our thoughts go back to the familiar life pattern from our former
existence. Satan readily supplies us with doubts about the reality of God, and
he helps us to find sufficiency in our self. We try God’s way, but decide we no
longer need God.
However, our soul soon gets
discouraged with life again. It knows that it cannot carry the complete weight
of life on its own any longer. We come full circle back to God. We would like
for God to be the answer to life for us, but Satan’s lies continue to cloud our
judgment.
Authentic, Born Again
Believers do not ask what God can do for us, but we ask what we can do for God.
We willingly submit, as a bondservant (Galatians 1:10), to do only His will for our life until the day we
leave this world and go to live with Him for eternity. We no longer use God to
meet our needs, but we realize whom we are privileged to serve. We enjoy living
in the center of His will – the happiest place on earth.
Prayer:
Father God, teach us not to
use You for our Aladdin’s Genie to grant our wishes, but as our Lord and King.
You deserve our utmost respect, not our disparaging remarks and ridicule. You
told us through the prophets that sin would rule the world at the same time the
Roman Empire revives, Israel becomes a nation once more and the World Council
of Churches convinces the world that ecumenical unity is the only true
religion. We see all this happening in the world today. We look forward to Your
soon return.
Thought for the Day:
The
only way to truly experience the fullness of God is to totally surrender to
Him.
