NO Neutral Ground

Godless men and women, only truly hold themselves accountable to themselves.

What could be more prone to corruption and deceit than this? If our intended purpose, mission and design is to love God and all humanity…who will regret it most that we squandered life being the slaves of entertainment, greed, selfishness, vanity, pride and the other lies and tricks of the godless world?

I have been looking at pro-atheism media and I see many sincere people cry out that they see more love and hope in the action of human beings then they ever did in religion or a 'whimsical' god. I agree, that man-made religions and man-made gods are of no real value...but there is no such thing as real hope and love outside of a creator that offers hope and love. If there is no ultimate transcendent source of love and hope, than there is only a temporary, delusional source.

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20…

What I want to shout out from the mountain tops is that there is hope! There is a way out of the perverted mockery of life that we have been born into. There is master plan, and the good master is one of love! The End of the Story has already been declared, Good prevails over Evil. God prevails over godlessness. What we fight for now is to take back as many enemy stolen lives as we can, before we no longer can. Our choices have consequences. That is an unchangeable law of this existence. Every choice you make means an eternal difference for the cause of God or against. And this is why you are so important. Every human is born into a world at war, and we daily choose which side we will fight for. Each soldier is given a piece of creation to fight for, primarily his own Spirit, and those of the people with whom he is in relationship with (but ultimately effecting everyone).

One very important factor to consider:

There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan. –C.S. Lewis

Not making a choice, IS making a choice. Not opening your eyes, IS choosing to be blind. Not acting, IS choosing to do nothing.

It is one thing to be deceived, and another not to care whether you are or not. The truth matters. Your hopes, dreams and wishful thinking will not suffice when confronted with the immovable reality of truth. Our only hope is to align ourselves with the Truth, whatever it may be. Or else, we must be content to live a lie and face the consequences of our own self-enabled, self-chosen delusion.

Beyond Opinion

I have read a number of accounts of people commiting suicide, despite having all the outward appearences of a meaningul, successful and happy life.

It is a disturbing thought to consider how men and women with good jobs, good families, goodhealth and the other pleasures of life could leave suicide notes filled with such hopelessness.

Somedays I can hardly imagine the frame of mind it would take to do that.

Somedays I feel as though I can intimately understand their fatal decisions.

I don't know why I feel this way today. Honestly I don't.

I refuse to be comforted by a lie. I cannot be comforted by a lie.

If God was not real. If he did not present himself to me. If there was no ultimate hope or meaning... I would not be in this world.

Why some of us can see, and why some of us will die not seeing, is beyond my comprehension. There are too many variables and secrets hidden in the human heart for me to know why one person will see God, while another chooses to deny him. The only one I know well is myself.

For myself, I say I could not believe a lie, I could not be content to live with false comfort. My life testimony is that God exist who gives me purpose and meaning, and that there is hope in Jesus Christ. Truth and reality originates in the Creator. Not our whimsical desires.

No doubt there are many questions we all need and want answers too. Some we will not be able to answer in this life. But there are more than enough real answers to warrant our trust in God. There are more than enough answers to deem our sometimes mysterious relationship with God reasonable and coherent. There are more than enough answers to make sense of this gift of life that has been given out of love unto us each.

Opinions are preferences amid options. Convictions are woven into one's conscience.

-Ravi Zacharias in Beyond Opinion: Living The Faith We Defend