I wish God existed. This title appeared in an article in a local newspaper. The writer listed the evils that are in the world and gave an account of human weaknesses that lead to these evils. He then wondered why, if God existed, He didn't do something to put an end to all these evil people (excluding journalists of course), who perpetrate these acts and especially the leaders of this world, once and for all. The article closes with these words: 'I wish God existed'.
The problem with this kind of article, railing against God is:
1. It is not that people do not believe in the existence of God (which one?), but they do not usually
have the sincerity to say if this is the God they want, and if they are willing to accept Him in their lives.
2. They never ask God's opinion whether He exists, why He does not stop all this evil and if they are prepared to stop such evil in their own hearts.
There are many religions who present God as a benevolent Creator sitting somewhere on the edge of the universe, remote and without any interest in the affairs of men, who occasionally gets angry with sinful men and hits them hard. It is obvious that such a God does not bring satisfaction or peace in the hearts of men; neither does He bring any change in this present evil world. What kind of God do we really desire? One who will satisfy journalists, evil leaders and all others?
The Apostle Paul speaking to the idolatrous Athenians on the Areopagus says:
'For as much then as we are the offspring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art and man's device' Acts 17:29. It is obvious from this verse that the God of Paul was not to the liking of the Athenians, nor is He to our own liking and desires today, seeing we are also set on following many idols in our own hearts. The Bible declares clearly that the Creator does not change, but He is the same yesreday, today and forever. Do we want Paul's God in our lives or do we prefer some other god who we can rail at when things do not go well for us? In the same chapter of Acts vs.30-31, Paul goes on to say, 'and the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by the man He has ordained, whereof He has given assurance to all men, in that He has raised Him from the dead.'
Dear reader, when you come face to face with Him, what sort of God will He be? The usual cariecature than men delight in or the One that is going to call you to account for your attitude towards the Cross of Christ and what decision you have made in your life regarding it. Will you let Him deal with you today?
The problem with this kind of article, railing against God is:
1. It is not that people do not believe in the existence of God (which one?), but they do not usually
have the sincerity to say if this is the God they want, and if they are willing to accept Him in their lives.
2. They never ask God's opinion whether He exists, why He does not stop all this evil and if they are prepared to stop such evil in their own hearts.
There are many religions who present God as a benevolent Creator sitting somewhere on the edge of the universe, remote and without any interest in the affairs of men, who occasionally gets angry with sinful men and hits them hard. It is obvious that such a God does not bring satisfaction or peace in the hearts of men; neither does He bring any change in this present evil world. What kind of God do we really desire? One who will satisfy journalists, evil leaders and all others?
The Apostle Paul speaking to the idolatrous Athenians on the Areopagus says:
'For as much then as we are the offspring of God we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold or silver or stone graven by art and man's device' Acts 17:29. It is obvious from this verse that the God of Paul was not to the liking of the Athenians, nor is He to our own liking and desires today, seeing we are also set on following many idols in our own hearts. The Bible declares clearly that the Creator does not change, but He is the same yesreday, today and forever. Do we want Paul's God in our lives or do we prefer some other god who we can rail at when things do not go well for us? In the same chapter of Acts vs.30-31, Paul goes on to say, 'and the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by the man He has ordained, whereof He has given assurance to all men, in that He has raised Him from the dead.'
Dear reader, when you come face to face with Him, what sort of God will He be? The usual cariecature than men delight in or the One that is going to call you to account for your attitude towards the Cross of Christ and what decision you have made in your life regarding it. Will you let Him deal with you today?
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