We have come to a point in our society that we reject good ideas because we haven't seen them done properly, and in its place we run from idea to idea, from excitement to excitement to fulfill our desires. We reject Christianity because we quite honestly haven't seen it done properly. How foolish! A car will only work if it is constructed properly and maintained, and a computer is a hunk of metal without electricity and a mind to operate it. So why is Christianity, or religion in general thrown away? Surely we don't throw it away for its merits of love, forgiveness, and hope. But I fear that our generation has seen these words stretched so far from their true meanings that they are no longer recognized for what they are.
I am often reminded of the failures of Christianity or organized religion in general, or of the terrible and unspeakable things done in the name of God. These I do not deny but I have two points that I would like to add. First, God has caused none of these things, men regardless of their religious beliefs who desire power above all else have. And secondly, truth can never be negated by a lie. If love is truth then why can hatred and evil debunk it? Why can someone’s misuse of something that is good make it bad? Just because someone under cooks chicken and causes someone to get sick doesn’t mean that eating chicken all together is a bad idea. Let’s stop throwing away the book because the story has a point of tension in it that makes us cringe.
I am not attempting to justify every action done in the name of God, nor am I trying to prove Gods existence here; I am only trying to make the point that when pursuing god is the central point of one’s life it simply works. Being honest works, avoiding lust and all forms of sexual immorality works, loving your neighbor as yourself works, pursuing righteousness works, love works, and simply put God works. If you disagree with this I challenge you turn your eyes from the church and what man has done with God and turn to God himself. It may not be easy, but I assure you the church has no monopoly on God, and for this I am grateful.
Throwing away an idea because you haven’t seen it done correctly is foolish, but also equally foolish is throwing away an idea when you are not in the correct position to view it. To throw away God when you do everything you can to avoid his laws and ways would be much like looking at a car and calling it a piece of garbage before you even put gas in the tank. I do not believe that anyone can say religion and God is an outdated myth with any sort of respectable credibility while at the same time making every attempt to live immorally. Our society has taken love and turned it into lust, turned from charity to greed, and in the process makes no apologies for our hedonistic lifestyle all the while claiming that God is an old outdated myth and something to use for weddings and funerals at the most. We don’t believe in redemption unless it is our own, we avoid anything that could challenge us, and seek comfort as the greatest thing to accomplish in life. So let me ask you, does it not make sense that we would lose sight of God if we decide that his ways are no longer relevant to us?
Let’s not do away with God and go on an endless search for the next and greatest thing that only makes empty promises, let’s turn to God. For if he is real, which I am most sure of, and if he cares about us, which I am equally sure of, it would be much greater for us to seek him now, regardless of what may come after.
