Thursday Reading: Romans 1:18-21
Key Verse: Romans 1:19
19 because the thing which may be known of God is clearly revealed within them, for God revealed it to them.
Key Verse: Romans 1:19
19 because the thing which may be known of God is clearly revealed within them, for God revealed it to them.
Devotion:
It is difficult to swim against a strong current. It is difficult to run up a steep hill. It is difficult to keep a weight lifted up for a long time. In almost everything we are up against basic physical laws that work against us; we have to do work in order to move forward. That also applies in our lives and even in our spiritual lives. If we do not do anything, we will not get anywhere… For many people it all comes down to a question of “does God exist?” This question then justifies so much that we do or do not do in our lives.
It is difficult to swim against a strong current. It is difficult to run up a steep hill. It is difficult to keep a weight lifted up for a long time. In almost everything we are up against basic physical laws that work against us; we have to do work in order to move forward. That also applies in our lives and even in our spiritual lives. If we do not do anything, we will not get anywhere… For many people it all comes down to a question of “does God exist?” This question then justifies so much that we do or do not do in our lives.
It is far too easy to simply say that God does not exist so that we can go off and do our own things and not have to worry about breaking God’s laws – so why do we feel guilty about doing it? The truth of the matter is that we all have a basic need for a belief system because that is part of being human. That basic belief system is built into each of us and we live by it. Much of our belief system is built up through visible clues and through example. If we watch the outside world we will learn from it. If we watch ungodly people then we will learn ungodly ways. But if we are willing to spend a little time and look closer at things, we will come to the conclusion that God does exist and that we should be living for Him and not against Him.
It’s not necessarily a fact that we have to go to Sunday school, church, Christian youth club and the like thereof so that we can be convinced that God exists; we can look around us and begin to realise that there must be a God who has created us. All of our basic laws in physics point to the fact that something must have started the ball rolling. Motion, thermodynamics, order and gravity all point to the fact that something had to start it all off… from nothing… and that is exactly what our bibles teach us. In the beginning God created everything. If we see a rock on the beach, we think nothing of it. If we see a watch on the beach, we know someone made it because of the complexity. Have a long look at the complexity of our universe and tell me that it happened by accident!
Points to Ponder:
How closely do you really look at things?
How closely do you really look at things?
Do you doubt our universe could suddenly explode itself into existence?