2 Peter 3: 13
But in keeping with His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
You see, death is just the door....the next step, if you will, into eternity. We cling to a life that we know...we cling to the busyness and craziness of a world that, no matter how hard we try, will never, ever make sense. We can try to force it. We can twist it and spin it to where it is "doable" but there comes a point to where, frankly, it can't be spun anymore. A point to which, we bow our heads, slump our shoulders and say, "I can't carry this anymore." There comes a point to which we realize that the more we work, the harder we try, the more desperate we seek....it doesn't add up. In fact, it appears to become even worse than it was before we started.
And then we enter into despair. Despair within a world that will encourage our defeat. Despair into a world that will agree that all is lost and hope is gone. Despair into a world that will stand beside us as long as we believe that there is no hope and that this life is, in fact quite possibly meaningless...because no matter how we spin it...it ends up that we all die, anyway. So....what does it really matter? What does it really matter if we try hard, if we seek improvement, if we work harder, if weshoulder the responsibilities? We all die anyway, yes? And the slippery slope continues...the spiral picks up speed and we loose whatever control we thought we had.
Yet, within each of us, there is the connection to our Creator. A spark within....sometimes deep within...but ever present. The desire to know hope, the desire to live forever. Isn't that what the great quest is all about? How to fight death. How to stay young forever. How to never grow old. How to live forever. However instead of reaching out to the One who offers this freely, we brush aside His promptings, push back down our innate desires and we strive on trying to make it on our own. Just as satan tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden...... "You don't need God. He just says that you do so you will enslaved to Him forever", satan whispers in our ears. He encourages us to find our own way so that we serve no one but ourselves....but, in our absence of choosing to serve the One true God, we have chosen to serve another.
This world will never make sense. It just won't. Hunger and poverty, abuse and neglect, sickness and betrayal will always be apart of this world. We can try and try to change it on our own...and we might find some success....but we will find that this success will be much like the "win" in a casino... It isn't lasting and only feeds our desire to "win" more...on our own. But the moment when we realize that this is not a game that is just about us, this is not a game that ends in death for everyone but rather quite a lively battle in which our lives are an intricate part of them every moment of every day, our eyes will be opened to the realization of who He is....and each of His promises will become relevant to our lives.
A new heaven....a new earth. His promises are true whether we believe or not.
But in keeping with His promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
You see, death is just the door....the next step, if you will, into eternity. We cling to a life that we know...we cling to the busyness and craziness of a world that, no matter how hard we try, will never, ever make sense. We can try to force it. We can twist it and spin it to where it is "doable" but there comes a point to where, frankly, it can't be spun anymore. A point to which, we bow our heads, slump our shoulders and say, "I can't carry this anymore." There comes a point to which we realize that the more we work, the harder we try, the more desperate we seek....it doesn't add up. In fact, it appears to become even worse than it was before we started.
And then we enter into despair. Despair within a world that will encourage our defeat. Despair into a world that will agree that all is lost and hope is gone. Despair into a world that will stand beside us as long as we believe that there is no hope and that this life is, in fact quite possibly meaningless...because no matter how we spin it...it ends up that we all die, anyway. So....what does it really matter? What does it really matter if we try hard, if we seek improvement, if we work harder, if weshoulder the responsibilities? We all die anyway, yes? And the slippery slope continues...the spiral picks up speed and we loose whatever control we thought we had.
Yet, within each of us, there is the connection to our Creator. A spark within....sometimes deep within...but ever present. The desire to know hope, the desire to live forever. Isn't that what the great quest is all about? How to fight death. How to stay young forever. How to never grow old. How to live forever. However instead of reaching out to the One who offers this freely, we brush aside His promptings, push back down our innate desires and we strive on trying to make it on our own. Just as satan tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden...... "You don't need God. He just says that you do so you will enslaved to Him forever", satan whispers in our ears. He encourages us to find our own way so that we serve no one but ourselves....but, in our absence of choosing to serve the One true God, we have chosen to serve another.
This world will never make sense. It just won't. Hunger and poverty, abuse and neglect, sickness and betrayal will always be apart of this world. We can try and try to change it on our own...and we might find some success....but we will find that this success will be much like the "win" in a casino... It isn't lasting and only feeds our desire to "win" more...on our own. But the moment when we realize that this is not a game that is just about us, this is not a game that ends in death for everyone but rather quite a lively battle in which our lives are an intricate part of them every moment of every day, our eyes will be opened to the realization of who He is....and each of His promises will become relevant to our lives.
A new heaven....a new earth. His promises are true whether we believe or not.
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