Now I know there's many many people out in the world that do not believe in Christ. Many of you believe in other spiritual deities while others do not believe in anything, except maybe themselves. I suppose you could say there are probably as many individual beliefs as there are people. Well maybe that's getting a little deep into the weeds for this.
What brings us, and I mean all of us, to a place where we take a look inside ourselves and wonder. Could our outlook on life, ourselves, and the interaction we have with others, be improved or for that matter does it need improvement?
Is there something better or can I make my life better? We all, or most of us anyway, strive to achieve and grow financially. We all have material wants of one form or another. We go to school, learn a vocation and spend a great deal of time becoming professionals in our field. We may even go to the extremes of physical abuse to get that next promotion, or reach a goal. It's part of life and a needed thing. For most of us anyway.
Well what about the part of us where things like motivation, desire and love reside. How do you grow in these areas, or do you? And in what direction? Who's drum are you marching to? Did you establish your opinion, views and attitude toward the spiritual seal by attending Aristotle 101 in school? Maybe you adopted your parents philosophical views. May be nothing wrong with that either. It's just that something, sometime in your life, will say "Hey what's going on here"?
You just get uncomfortable and a change is needed. Only problem is changing what? I have money in the bank, I'm building a career, everything is fine, so what's the problem? Well one thing for sure, to much time is spent on a nagging frustration that keeps asking what's this all about? And you don't like nags. (Just where did your version of road rage originate)?
That foundation you have been standing on keeps moving. You find yourself believing in one thing then something happens, and off you go look for something else. Over the years you have built various monuments to pay homage to. So long as everything was going good you continue to maintain a respect to that monument. Then something happened that did not set right and you build a different monument.
You continue looking for the ultimate, and not finding it you give up and decide to join a monument building organization that will take care such things for you. All you need to do is simply do what they say. That's well and good; Until they tell you to do something you really find out of sync. So what do you do now? Join another organization? No? How about going back to building your own? Nope, been there done that. What now? Got yourself in a real jam now.
You wake up one morning, it's still dark out. Everyone else is sleeping and you find yourself analyzing this problem:
1. You realize there is something out there that made all this; Your body, the galaxy and all it's contents; physical, metaphysical, spiritual (did i catch all of it)?
2. As smart as you are you really don't have the answer
3. You know you do not need or want someone else telling you how to believe in whatever made all of it.
4. You know they can't jail you for not conforming to their spiritual beliefs.
5. Your an intelligent person and realize you need an intelligent person to work through this with you.
6. You realize you are unique and therefore cannot go on talking to yourself as though you were talking to that other intelligent person because it creates a lopsided view when you do.
7. You also realize that because you are unique you are special. Why else would something go to the trouble of creating you if you were a dime a dozen, so to speak.
8. Now wouldn't it be special to be able to talk to that "something". Just might be able to get some answers.
9. Well were practically back to square one with the question of just who that "something" is.
Recap:
I"m unique so I need to get one on one with this "something".
Don't need others telling me what to believe.
I do not have the answers, and can't find anyone else that does.
What to do?
Consider this.
1. Look at the owners manual, yup, the Bible.
2. Check out a non-denominational church. Warning: What you see there will be a congregation of individuals in all their uniqueness,