We all see God through the distorted lens of what we have heard about Him. Most of the time, it is not an accurate image at all. On the other side of that lens, He is reaching out to save us. Sadly, most of us just flip the bird at our false image of Him.
You see it every where. Angry posts, usually just a sentence or two long. "I totally reject God because of [insert flimsy objection here]" What are some of these objections? Here's a few I've seen on Steemit in the past month:
- How arrogant for Him to expect the Great Me to worship and obey Him!
- The Great Me knows better and does not approve of His morality or authority!
- There are too many false decoys so there can't be a Real Thing.
- Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence - He's the Beggar and I'm the chooser!
- He treats rebels like weeds and says He reserves the right to wipe out entire weed populations.
- He hasn't given the Great Me a personal demonstration of His supernatural power.
- I don't like what other people as uninformed as the Great Me have opined about Him.
- I grew up in a religion that taught me a bunch of (false) stuff I didn't like.
- Believers are free to be no better than the Great Me, so God can't be all that powerful.
- I want God to grant Me free will while simultaneously preventing the bad acts of others.
- I want to design my own gods.
You would think people would be a little more careful,
considering Who is behind that lens.
And yes most hecklers do believe there is Someone behind that lens! Why else would they waste their time trolling posts with religious themes just so they can flip their angry rhetorical finger at nothing? Why not just ignore such threads, if such posts are merely crazy dreamers talking about an imaginary pink unicorn?
No, they know there's Somebody behind there alright, whether they admit it to themselves or not. And they are too foolish or lazy to find out Who He really is before they go flipping Him off. Perhaps they are hoping to get enough confirmation from other rebels to help get rid of that nagging feeling that they are shooting themselves in the foot. Perhaps it's really a cry for help. All they get from flipping the bird is up-votes from other lost souls egging them on - but it makes them feel better.
To find the real God, you need to seek ways to know Him, not reasons to reject Him.
You need to realize that He loves you and is willing to overlook everything evil you have ever done and even suffer your well-deserved punishment for you if you will just acknowledge that you need Him to do so.
The Bible is the unique lens through which we can get a much better image of the Glory of God. It produces a multi-faceted image and you need to gaze into it intently until you begin see more clearly. It takes work. You need to earnestly want to see, and hear, and understand.
Every other lens will leave you like an angry snake -- striking at your own image in a dark, foggy mirror.
God has said that He will not keep reaching out to us forever.
Seek Him while He may be found.