It’s another world I wish I could communicate, at least that is how the thought came to me yesterday at work.
Life with God I mean.
Whether it would be communicating this to my two youngest sons who don’t realize what they are missing, living in a world where God is barely a conscious thought, or whether it would be communicating this to 90 percent of the people who fill the pews every Sunday but are distant to God because their religion and their daily walk keep him at arms length. They dont realize what they are missing with their words only Christianity. They havent experienced the love and presence of God because they have kept their hearts at a distance.
In the world I wish I could communicate, God is real no matter our circumstances. He is there, not just in concept or memory, but there there, living, breathing God of the universe. And in that other world, I can go to God anytime for what I need, which so very often is mercy and grace to help me along the way.
He welcomes me to approach him, as he understands the enormity of the task, the pain of the road. Dont forget he lived here for over thirty years as one of us.
In the other world, a person spends a bit of time also looking toward the horizon knowing that life is more than what we see. In this world of God, life is the moment and forever at the same time.
Many who have the world of God confused with the world of religion sometimes speak of “the real world” when living in the world of God means faith.
Think how ironic that is. The world as we perceive it is the real world, but the world as described for thousands of years in Gods holy book is what? Not real? Pretend? Good to a point and then we have to take over?
And to live in their real world” certain things are necessary, like lying for the greater good of the local fellowship, misinterpreting the words of God for the sake of our agendas, misrepresenting the church budget so people will still give their money, using good business sense when faith doesn’t seem to be panning out.
We’ll stop there as this list is long and dark.
Yes, I think Ill stay with the other world, the one God speaks of where loving God and loving our neighbor are not pushed aside for theology or agendas. Forgiveness and mercy and grace mean something. A world where righteousness and holiness are being built into and ground into our hearts and minds as God attends daily to our lives.
One last thought: To live in this world of God demands huge resources.
Just like any expedition or adventure, you have to have adequate supplies. And how unique is this journey? We need provision for each day of our lives, and, then, when we expire here we need resources that continue forever. We cant arrive at the threshold of eternity having exhausted our resources.
So what a sigh of relief as we realize that we have everything we need in Jesus Christ. Included in Gods offer of eternal life is abundant provision for each day of life on this Earth that continues when I cross the horizon to eternity. Jesus paid it all as he shed his blood in full payment for our sins.
Jesus chose death so we could choose life.
So in Jesus Christ I can live now and forever in the presence of God.
I like God’s world better.
