“Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.” -Martin Luther
Everyone has a God. I think it’s funny when people say they do not believe in God because they seem to think that they are better for it. The reality is that they may not believe in my God or your God, but they have a God. Their God may be success, money, power, an ideal, a person, work. It could be something good or bad. The sad part is that whatever It may be, it is only as long-lasting as the foundation it is built upon. Success, money and power are all man-made and they are all short-lived in the grand picture of things. They can each be seized just as quickly as they can be lost and they can be controlled by a person’s will. What kind of God answers to the will of a human being? There is no measure of power in that. Relationships and people may be their God, but even the best relationships and people are greatly flawed. They are not dependable, and I think it is unfair to subject any person or relationship to the pressure of godliness. Furthermore, any person who thinks they are worthy of being called godly does not even deserve to be served by a dog. Some people put faith in themselves, and without admitting it they are their own God. They may call it independence or being strong-willed. Believing you are not in need of others is a great failure, and their is nothing strong about living for yourself. Strength comes in listening to the smallest voice inside yourself that tells you to do the things that serve a greater purpose than your own. Where do you think that voice comes from? Not from the green of money or from the rush of power. It comes from God. One God. And although he allows us to serve whatever God we think fit, he knows that we will never find complete fulfillment separate from him. That is why he continues to call us even when we stray so far that his voice is hardly an echo. God does not need you or me, and he would continue to be God without us. But he wants us. He wants to show us who he really is so that all our misconceptions can be erased. Finding clarity and true purpose in life comes with finding the real God. Any substitute for God in our lives is just a counterfeit. Why would you strive to put your faith in a fake? Are you really willing to live your life for something or someone that cannot even withstand time? For something that can be conformed and corrupted by human hands? God has been and always will be. If you are going to risk it all for anything risk it on that.
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