Your Life Proves That God Lives
Unless God walked among us we would not exist. Many of the tragedies that happen in our world leaves all involved surprisingly unscathed. Yes, you the reader prove that God walks around to lend, not just an ear but a hand.
Many people dispute that there is a God yet are willing to make a god out of wealth, a god out of success and out of pleasure. The Bible talks about those who make their belly their god (Phil. 3:19). As we look at all the events of our day you have to honestly conclude that you, the reader, prove that God walks by your very existence! Here are some points and trends to consider:
(1) Maintenance of cars vs Maintaining our Health
We always ensure that our cars get the very best oil, the appropriate gas, the correct coolant. Every few days we ensure that everything is in good working order. Every few months we go to the mechanic to check our cars because our mileage lets us know that certain things need to be replaced. We do not give our bodies half as good treatment as we do our cars and yet often our bodies are in better condition. People drink beverages with Carbon Dioxide in them which we should be exhaling not imbibing. We eat all sorts of things with cancer-forming dyes in them. Many eat meats that have tumors and trichinosis-causing properties and yet even the most diseased of people often live to a grand old age. Have you seen seventy-year old cars on the road in good working condition? After three or four years people often get rid of their cars because they are giving them a lot of trouble, fixing this and replacing that. Even computers have a very short life-span. What is it that make humans so different though we are so much more fragile?
The answer is found here:
Acts 17:28 “For in him [Jesus] we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”
Matt. 5:45 “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
It is God who has been taking care of us despite our misdeeds.
(2) Accidents prove that God walks with us in our trials.
A BOMB
People think that disasters prove that God does not hear or care or even exist. That is not so. Accidents always show that there is a God (and there is a Devil too). In February, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt, a bomb was thrown at the main synagogue of that town yet there were no casualties! No, there was not even any damage to the building! That is unimaginable if God was not walking around.
(3) AN EXPLODING MANHOLE
Again, in February 2010 a manhole exploded and rocked a Manhattan building but there were no injuries! There were broken windows but no broken bones! There was damage to the floor but no damage to any floor member of that institution!
(4) A BUS FIRE
Pop singer Pink’s tour bus caught fire in 2010 on its way to Munich but there were no injuries!
(5) PLANE LOSES WING PANEL
On June 19, 1994, a United Airlines plane lost its wing panel while flying to California. The plane landed safely. There were no injuries.
(6) A PLANE CRASH LANDS
On September 5th, 1959, as a Northwest Orient Airlines plane was coming in to land, the nose gear fell apart and the plane skidded for one hundred and fifty yards on its nose on the wet, slippery runway. Praise God that there were no injuries!
God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is still the powerful God who told Paul that no one would die in the shipwreck of Acts 27. The only thing that was lost in that shipwreck was the ship. By our very lives we prove that God is alive and that He helps the good, the bad and the ugly. He is a God that hears and answers prayer. Always know in every accident that the situation could have been much worse. God is very busy walking around helping us. Yes, you the reader, prove that God walks. In every dale and meadow He walks with us. He is the ultimate walker. May we accept Him before we face the book of judgment.
For more faith-building material peruse this blog and be sure to check out:
The Divine Inspiration Of The Bible (Resources)
Many people dispute that there is a God yet are willing to make a god out of wealth, a god out of success and out of pleasure. The Bible talks about those who make their belly their god (Phil. 3:19). As we look at all the events of our day you have to honestly conclude that you, the reader, prove that God walks by your very existence! Here are some points and trends to consider:
(1) Maintenance of cars vs Maintaining our Health
We always ensure that our cars get the very best oil, the appropriate gas, the correct coolant. Every few days we ensure that everything is in good working order. Every few months we go to the mechanic to check our cars because our mileage lets us know that certain things need to be replaced. We do not give our bodies half as good treatment as we do our cars and yet often our bodies are in better condition. People drink beverages with Carbon Dioxide in them which we should be exhaling not imbibing. We eat all sorts of things with cancer-forming dyes in them. Many eat meats that have tumors and trichinosis-causing properties and yet even the most diseased of people often live to a grand old age. Have you seen seventy-year old cars on the road in good working condition? After three or four years people often get rid of their cars because they are giving them a lot of trouble, fixing this and replacing that. Even computers have a very short life-span. What is it that make humans so different though we are so much more fragile?
The answer is found here:
Acts 17:28 “For in him [Jesus] we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”
Matt. 5:45 “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”
It is God who has been taking care of us despite our misdeeds.
(2) Accidents prove that God walks with us in our trials.
A BOMB
People think that disasters prove that God does not hear or care or even exist. That is not so. Accidents always show that there is a God (and there is a Devil too). In February, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt, a bomb was thrown at the main synagogue of that town yet there were no casualties! No, there was not even any damage to the building! That is unimaginable if God was not walking around.
(3) AN EXPLODING MANHOLE
Again, in February 2010 a manhole exploded and rocked a Manhattan building but there were no injuries! There were broken windows but no broken bones! There was damage to the floor but no damage to any floor member of that institution!
(4) A BUS FIRE
Pop singer Pink’s tour bus caught fire in 2010 on its way to Munich but there were no injuries!
(5) PLANE LOSES WING PANEL
On June 19, 1994, a United Airlines plane lost its wing panel while flying to California. The plane landed safely. There were no injuries.
(6) A PLANE CRASH LANDS
On September 5th, 1959, as a Northwest Orient Airlines plane was coming in to land, the nose gear fell apart and the plane skidded for one hundred and fifty yards on its nose on the wet, slippery runway. Praise God that there were no injuries!
God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is still the powerful God who told Paul that no one would die in the shipwreck of Acts 27. The only thing that was lost in that shipwreck was the ship. By our very lives we prove that God is alive and that He helps the good, the bad and the ugly. He is a God that hears and answers prayer. Always know in every accident that the situation could have been much worse. God is very busy walking around helping us. Yes, you the reader, prove that God walks. In every dale and meadow He walks with us. He is the ultimate walker. May we accept Him before we face the book of judgment.
For more faith-building material peruse this blog and be sure to check out:
The Divine Inspiration Of The Bible (Resources)