Does God exist IV - Interrupted ...

Monday, April 13, 2015. Sometimes we go through our days and forget the important things. We are so busy with all what we need to do here or there, and it is very easy to get distracted - by media, by films, by mobile phones or computer games … and by many other things. Even good things such as music can absorb us completely, and lead us into the wrong mode of life …

God is knocking at our door …

You might ask yourself: if God is there, why is he not making himself heart? Why is he not interrupting us with our stupid things, and guiding us to the more important things?

But that is exactly what happens. We are given a life of some years, it may be 40 or 60 or 80 or even 100. But it is not without interruptions. It is not just perfect, with us fading out at the end. It is full of struggle. Sometimes it is full of illness and difficulty. Our life is fantastic on the one hand, but it is one big question on the other: is that all? Is that the end? Why is this happening and where do I go?

I do not think that illness is just a communication tool of God. It is much more, and has many connections to our whole creation. It reflects what creation is right now. But God uses it to talk to us as well. He is knocking at our door - with many small and larger things which happen to us and to others. Reality is speaking to us. It is not just random (though it has random components as it appears to us). Jesus told us that not even one single bird can fall from the sky without God being in control.

God is there searching for our heart …

The bible tells us that God wants to reach us. He wants to reach our heart. But he wants us to come to him by our own will, by our own decisions. He wants us to be free and to choose him. When we want to leave him, we can do it. The consequences are clear, we are given our life, and it has an end.

God interrupts our activities, when he sees us going into the wrong direction. Sometimes he is starting with little interruptions, with hints. And he can give us very heavy stop signs. I have seen so many heavy burdens people had to carry which were clear stop signs which God put into either their way or the way of other people around. (Understand me right, not every burden is such a sign, but some might be!) On the other hand it is not him, doing many bad things, but it is him letting us go into the direction we have chosen to take. The story of the lost son tells us, how he sees these things.

Does God exist? It can be quite difficult to identify him from the events which we experience in our life. Yet, he has promised to be there with us. This promise can help us to interpret what we experience. To distinguish and give events an interpretation, the words which Jesus told us can be a key guide and line of distinction. The word of God has invaluable meaning here! (RWEP) ... more texts