Sunday, April 20, 2008

Follow Me

I realize many do believe God exist, some of which do believe in God. This helps me understand why God has not call us quits inspite of all our wrong-doings. It helps me see how loving our God is because while we cannot see so much with our human eyes, God sees it all and He sees that there are still so many to whom belongs to Him, wants to return home ... which is why I also understand and appreciate this time that we're living in: last call, last call - there's still chance for each one of us to abandon our idoltry Gods and say, "Forgive me Father, now I realize the Truth". Many I could see through Jesus eyes are innocent children (refering to adults) for real children have a humble heart, willing to learn and faithful to accept the truth ... but these adults are in many ways very innocent. It's becoming so clear to me now that I am back in Asia, I can see it all around me, my friends and relatives ... deep inside their heart they know God exist, in many ways searching for God, yet because of the culture and up-bringing (clearly described in the Bible), they "do as Romans do" ... carrying the legacy their parents and other role models in their life has left behind.

Why do we perform all the fancy rituals to all the fancy gods? Because our parents did it, our grandparents did it, our brothers and sisters, family members ... but do we really know these gods? There's no personal relationship with these gods for if we do have, we will find that they don't exist. For one to know the one true and living God, they just have to face God Himself and spend time with Him, get to know, communicate and get a response. Surely, if we put a piece of wood in front of us and speak to the wood, it cannot smile to us in return, but the one true and living God can! Try it for yourself, don't have to believe me.

Then there are those who also "do as Romans do" going to Church and calling for Almighty God and the Lord Jesus name but inside do not have a personal relationship with God, very much like those who pray to all those other gods. It's like a culture thing too, go to Church, be part of a religious family ..... but have not accepted Jesus as Personal Lord and Savior. However, since it is the Lord they are calling out too, it is also between the Lord and them because only God can see through their hearts, not me, in many ways very similar to how God sees through hearts of unbelievers too.

Whatabout those who do not perform anymore fancy rituals but believe in themselves or still their other modern day gods? Even believing in our ownself is a religion! But know the one true living God is not a religion, but a relationship. Those who believe in themselves do in many ways still believe there's a God! Take for instance, ask a person who claims they do not believe in God to curse themselves dead or striked by all kinds of great misfortune. I think they wouldn't dare! Some who's still in denial would say, ohhh, its about the law of cause and effect la la la, but who created these laws? God is God or order, without these laws of nature, the Earth wouldn't be able to function in an orderly manner. You dont have to believe me but just spend time watching nature documentaries or observe the way living things work .. soon you will notice, everything in nature evolves around a system in an orderly fashion. Its quite predictable! Even earthquakes which we cannot really predict occurs in a manner of cause and effect! And then there are some who's also in denial would refuse to thank God. It's like we receive a gift from a friend and say, I am so thankful (to ourselves) and ignores the person who hands over the gift or refuse to write a thank you card. "We are so blessed" but who blessed us? No need to thank the blessor .... for "I" have achieved these myself. But we do not have to look far to realize that many things we did not create it ourselves. For instance, if I ask you the formula of how we can create this wonderful vegetable that you like, or your favourite fruit, or even your lovely child ... we are far from knowing the how to create the end product let alone the seed! We are not even the designer, merely the user. Many things we have today is also a result of copy-ing what God has created, how can we claim there's no Creator - that's copyright infringement! Have you ever plagarized? Plagarism isn't only about copying the sentence as it is, but even if you modify the sentence to disguise your act, but the meaning and content was taken from a particular source, you are plagarizing!

We may not know all the answers to everything (for if we do, we are God) and if we claim we do, then we must be aspiring to be God .. but I have learned through God's grace by being thankful to Almighty God. It's a starting point, and from there through His grace, He will draw us near, give us more understanding, never wanting us to go astray ... He knows we are so innocent "blur" that we just follow whatever our culture, media, people around tell us - so many blind leading the blind, yet He is not counting on our poor choice to do so, instead sent His Son to die on the cross so that through Christ, we may know the one true living God - the Truth itself. Jesus didn't say, "Christianity is the way the truth and the life", He didn't say, "Your Christian friends are the way, the truth and the life", "Your Church is the way the truth and the life", "Professing Christians around the way is the truth, the way and the life", instead He said, "Follow me ... I am the way, the truth and the life"....

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