My heart has really been heavy lately with the trends that I have been learning about in the world. Athiests are on the decline as "spiritualists" are increasing. People these days enjoy all things "Spiritual". You just have to look as top-selling movies to see that that is the case.
But what those same people don't enjoy is hearing that there is an ultimate truth? Because in todays post-modern society people have been lulled into believing that all truth is truth (which is crazy because by definition there can only be one truth) and they believe that no one knows all truth.
They seem to forget that there is (and has) for thousands of years has been a standard of truth that will not (no matter how much people may want it to) go away.
It is called the Bible, it has been burned, banned, and mocked but it still remains, why..because truth cannot be squashed.
And even those of us who call ourselves Christians have been lulled into thinking that just saying that we are a Christian means we are "good" with "the big G". That we can live our own life, totally ignoring Gods ways, never reading your bible, praying, going to church on a regular basis, or listening to God speak to daily, and it will still be good because "Big G" know we like him.
It saddens me that today’s culture had so ingrained in us that it is "All about us" that we never for a second even consider the fact that maybe it isn't.
For those of us who tend to view our image as towering above Gods, or maybe we tend to think that we can make our own rules, I offer the following...
GOD answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
2-11 "Why do you confuse the issue?
Why do you talk without knowing what you're talking about?
Pull yourself together, Job!
Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
and I want some straight answers.
Where were you when I created the earth?
Tell me, since you know so much!
Who decided on its size? Certainly you'll know that!
Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?
How was its foundation poured,
and who set the cornerstone,
While the morning stars sang in chorus
and all the angels shouted praise?
And who took charge of the ocean
when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?
That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds,
and tucked it in safely at night.
Then I made a playpen for it,
a strong playpen so it couldn't run loose,
And said, 'Stay here, this is your place.
Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.'
12-15 "And have you ever ordered Morning, 'Get up!'
told Dawn, 'Get to work!'
So you could seize Earth like a blanket
and shake out the wicked like cockroaches?
As the sun brings everything to light,
brings out all the colors and shapes,
The cover of darkness is snatched from the wicked—
they're caught in the very act!
16-18 "Have you ever gotten to the true bottom of things,
explored the labyrinthine caves of deep ocean?
Do you know the first thing about death?
Do you have one clue regarding death's dark mysteries?
And do you have any idea how large this earth is?
Speak up if you have even the beginning of an answer.
19-21 "Do you know where Light comes from
and where Darkness lives
So you can take them by the hand
and lead them home when they get lost?
Why, of course you know that.
You've known them all your life,
grown up in the same neighborhood with them!
22-30 "Have you ever traveled to where snow is made,
seen the vault where hail is stockpiled,
The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readiness
for times of trouble and battle and war?
Can you find your way to where lightning is launched,
or to the place from which the wind blows?
Who do you suppose carves canyons
for the downpours of rain, and charts
the route of thunderstorms
That bring water to unvisited fields,
deserts no one ever lays eyes on,
Drenching the useless wastelands
so they're carpeted with wildflowers and grass?
And who do you think is the father of rain and dew,
the mother of ice and frost?
You don't for a minute imagine
these marvels of weather just happen, do you?
31-33 "Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters,
or distract Orion from his hunt?
Can you get Venus to look your way,
or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play?
Do you know the first thing about the sky's constellations
and how they affect things on Earth?
34-35 "Can you get the attention of the clouds,
and commission a shower of rain?
Can you take charge of the lightning bolts
and have them report to you for orders?
What Do You Have to Say for Yourself? (Job 38 Message)
Look we all have fallen short of the Glory of God. I cannot tell you how many times I have. Yet I desire daily to know Him more.
If you have not yet done so I ask you to ask God, The Father, The maker of Heaven and Earth, to revel himself to you. He is bigger that we give him credit for and more than we will ever need.
He is "The Truth" and who are we to agrue with that!!!!!
