A reminder for
today
Ask and keep on asking and it will be
given to you; seek and keep on
seeking and you will find; knock and
keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. For
everyone who keeps on asking receives, and he who keeps on seeking finds, and
to him who keeps on knocking, it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)
My son went in for a procedure this morning and I must admit
waiting for your child while in theatre is never an easy thing. It is always
hard for me and I get a bit impatient in the process. I know God is with Him
and I know He is safe, but there is that feeling of “I am not there” that still
impacts you. For a moment I thought about the arguments atheists have on decease
and sin and how they try and argue God out of the picture by referring to the
world as it is.
The one thing that confuses me is that, so many atheists
look at the proof and examines it with an open heart and they see the truth in
God and many turn to Christianity. I follow a few of these amazing people and I
love to read their work, because you can see their passion for the truth in how
the write and explain what they have found as if it was lost to the world. One of
my favourites is “Cold-Case Christianity” writer J. Warner Wallace. I love the
way he used his investigative skills to prove that the gospels are authentic
eye witness accounts of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. He also
wrote a very good book called “God’s crime scene” where he investigates the
creation of the universe by an intelligent designer.
I loved an argument between an atheist and a theist where the
theist asked what evidence will convince the atheist that Jesus is who He
claims to be. The atheist replied that when a twenty feet Jesus with heavenly
colours show up and tell him to convert he will surely jump on the Christian campaign.
The theist smiled and said that he does not believe so because the atheist will
probably say it was a hallucination.
You see there are so many that are blinded by their love of
this world that their very “self” stands in the way of them seeing the truth. I
will go as far as to say it comes down to arrogance and self-love that becomes
their god. The worst part is that so many claims that there is no God, yet they
consistently seek to argue with us over the existence of God. I see this as one
thing, and that is that they looked at the proof and they realise that there
has to be a creator and Jesus is who He said He is, but they love their way of
life so much that they seek approval in their arguments. Or maybe it is a power
struggle and arguing is just a way to hide from the truth.
The fact remains that Jesus said if you seek you will find. If
you seek with an open heart like so many other, you will find just as they
have. Jesus added that when you knock the door will be opened and if you keep
seeking you will find. So, what do we do with these atheists? Well we will
simply love them into the kingdom, because eventually every knee will bow down
and every tongue will confess that Jesus is the Lord. I can only pray that we
will save them before it is too late so that they too can find Jesus, just as I
did.
Lord, I pray for all those lost in the lies and confusion of
this world. I pray that you will touch their hearts and open their eyes to the
truth so that they will seek and find. In Jesus name.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers
