13 For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? Romans 10:13-14 (New Living Translation)
Fewer topics are more divisive than faith. But why are we offended? I think the biggest reason is pride. We do not like anyone who opposes our own truths and tells us we are wrong. It usually puts us on the defensive. Sometimes the person correcting us is arrogant and extremely judgmental; that helps no one. However, other times, we unknowingly, but falsely accuse the messenger of being arrogant and judgmental only because they are telling us something we don’t want to hear. Our bias, our defense system, rejects the message, not based on merit, but based on our preconceived understandings and zero tolerance for civilized debate. When we do this, we are closed-minded and we shut down any potential for growth.
In this blog, I will be honest and frank but not judgmental. The goal here is to simply share. Forcing someone to believe is impossible, in fact, even God will not force you to believe. This blog format is designed to allow private reading, no pressure, no need to feel defensive. Hopefully you will give the topics a lot of thought and dig even deeper. I wish someone would have shared God with me sooner. When I finally learned the truth, I was a little angry because most people didn’t share and they seemed content to let me remain on the destructive path I was following. So, for me, not sharing my faith now would make me one of the world’s biggest hypocrites.
Maybe you say, “I think God is like this…therefore I have it all figured out”, or “I am a good person, I will surely go to Heaven”, or “God is happy with me because I am a member of the correct church or religion”, or “God doesn’t even know I exist so I will just sneak in”. Perhaps you are more agnostic or even atheist and say things like, “We can’t trust the Bible because man distorts everything he touches”, or “Science has proven God does not exist”, or “God doesn’t meet my cultural standards so I will cancel Him”, or “How can there be a God with so much pain and suffering in the world?”, or my all-time favorite, “I am too intelligent to fall for this God thing.” Well, if you have ever thought of any of these statements, you are not alone, in fact, I have uttered all of them out loud and many, many more. I want to share my struggles with all this, hoping you can relate.
There are some people who have always believed in God and called on the name of Jesus at a very young age. That was not me and I suspect it is not most people. For most of my life, I shut Him out, out of my marriage, family, and life. It seemed He did not know me, and frankly, I didn’t want to know Him.
Oddly enough, I accidentally began to learn the truth about God when researching a summer vacation idea (that is a story for another day). Before that, I did somewhat believe in Him but had unknowingly made my own version, a version that suited my own needs – I created my own god, one that followed all my rules. I believed this god was the Christian God we have all heard so much about, but my god was better because it obeyed me and conformed to my ideas of right and wrong. Even though I had perfected my god, there were still times I had doubts that any god existed, even mine.
When I finally did some research, in the privacy of my own home, I came to the undeniable conclusion that God is real. Soon, I was openly declaring His existence. That led to some online debates with self-professing atheists and culminated with a strong scolding from someone I hadn’t seen in a long time. They laughed that someone like me believed in God, they thought I was joking and even made a ridiculous religious challenge just to prove me wrong. That moment made me feel a little angry, but in hindsight, I did always joke around and talking about God was totally out of character for me, no wonder this person from my past did not take me seriously. Her challenge to my new belief motivated me even more and it was only a few weeks later that I cried out to Jesus. I was 57.
We will get into this later, but there is more than enough scientific evidence to prove there is a Creator. Our intelligence level will not be the determining factor in how we view this evidence. No, it will be our heart. Not the physical pump that circulates our blood, but the tender, humble part of us that allows compassion, trust, and love. Can you openly admit when you are wrong? That is what happened to me. After a lifetime of inventing and reinventing a god to fit a mold that justified my lifestyle. I finally saw the evidence that God created me, I did not create God. I was accidentally searching about God for months, but when I finally stopped fighting all the evidence, bowed to His greatness, fell in love with His story, believed in Him, and openly admitted He is real, He softened my heart and transformed me in an instant.
We are inundated with information that God is not real. We tend to accept whatever the media, pundits, scientists, professors, and entertainers say without any argument. Most of us claim we are intelligent, but we don’t use our own brain to do some fair research, we just accept one side of the story, the path of least resistance. Questioning everything and doing research from opposing sources is always a good idea. The toughest part is accepting the truth, even if it means admitting that our previous thoughts were wrong. When we can do that, we can grow and make well informed decisions, which will lead to strong convictions that can sustain us during battles of doubt.
I will share my story of belief and trust in God, Jesus, and the Bible. You may also find an occasional helpful story about many of life’s other everyday challenges.
God gives us the Free Will to choose. Contrary to the misconceptions, God did not create blind, mindless puppets. He wants everyone to follow Him. However, He will allow us to choose otherwise. He will honor our sincere choice, and I must stress ‘sincere’, because we cannot fool Him. No fakes and no puppets here, God will decide our final destiny based on our faith and trust in Him.
Which path will you choose? Will you examine all sides? Will you make an informed choice, the most important choice of your life?
9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. 11 As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.” Romans 10:9-11 (New Living Translation)
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