Why is God important to the world?
1.
Because He simply is. I know that sounds too easy and not nearly
descriptive enough. However, because God
exists, and because He created all things, it is importantly to revere Him and
the simple understanding that He exists.
Just as we all have a conscience that pulls us in to adhere and respect
our own parents at times, how much should we be inclined to give attention to
our eternal, and heavenly Father, the creator of our universe, world, etc.
2.
Because He has a plan for our well-being. It is an apparently normal part of our human
nature to figure things out on our own.
To see the world as we see it, to consider ourselves capable to judge
what is good, what is bad, and what we should do at any given point. It is a part of our culture to, as we get
older and “wiser”, to consider ourselves just that – wiser, able to “figure out”
this life and our own decisions.
However, as we continue in life to go along with what seems good and
normal, we often times unknowingly go “against the grain” of the teachings of
God. So, the question becomes, who would
know better? We would all agree that God
would know better than ourselves. So
then why do we not obey? Do we lack
faith in the teachings of the scriptures?
No. We simply do not know the
scriptures very well; we spend our time otherwise. We spend such a great portion each day
consumed in our worldly affairs; our jobs, our acquaintances, our televisions,
etc.; and each one pulls us closer to only itself, and influences us in that
direction only. Our lives would be so
much more peaceful and full of love and knowledge of the Lord, if instead of
spending our time in front of the media, or giving our time to the devotions of
the world, we would spend our time in the patient and disciplined study and
consideration of the Bible itself. The
earnest search for God’s word, over time, will produce more happiness in the
simple, peaceful communion with Him, than we could ever find in the world
itself, which is largely void of the considerations of God. As Paul said, “eye hath not seen, ear hath
not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man what God has in store
for them that love Him.”
3.
Because everything we see around us will
eventually dissolve. How many scriptures
and teachings have there been, have we heard and read, that say to turn our
hearts and thoughts to God, for the world in front of us will cease? The world we live in today supports those
best that devote themselves to the furthering of its greatest causes –
finances, ownership, power, control, etc.
We do not live in a world that will achieve lasting peace. Although we see great evidences of the loving
human spirit at work in many ways, that spirit is not at the helm of the ship
which steers the affairs of world. We do
not have world leaders with both the intent and the power to sustain peaceful
relationships between all, and for us to think that is the great deception that
surrounds us. Mankind has been trying
to prove, to itself, that we can live and survive just fine without God for as
long as we can remember. As the scriptures
teach, these ideologies will fail in time. It is for this reason that Jesus
tells us to store our treasures in heavenly things, where moth and dust cannot
corrupt them; as opposed to allowing our hearts to be most concerned with our
tangible treasures, which can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice, for
any one of a thousand reasons.
When you ask yourself what your life is to serve between now
and your date of expiration; and when we ask what service means, we simple
point attention to whatever one spends their time doing; what things will you
spend your time doing that would be most beneficial? There is no one thing that can be achieved,
or understood, or learned, or truly appreciated, without at least some type of considerable
devotion of time to its practice. Being
that there is only so much time in a day, week, month, etc., it might be a good
idea to decide first, before the day, week, or month comes, what you shall
spend it doing. God is asking you to
spend it with Him. If there is a creator
of the world, who has a plan for our well-being, how can we not be motivated to
enthusiastically seek out to understand this thing, and to follow it as best we
can? Our great God and Father has given
us all the story of His word, and has gone through great lengths to preserve it
for thousands of years, in order that we might understand it, and come to know
Him through it.
Take time from your day to understand, worship, give thanks
to, and spend time with our great and wonderful, loving, God in Heaven, and His
son, Jesus, who has been anointed to save mankind. Time spent doing this will be the best
investment of our short, wonderful gift of life.
