What happens when people try to live without God?

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 By Steve Cornell 

What happens when people turn away from God? What happens when they live as if there is no Creator? God warned his people that if they forsook Him, he would give them,  "…an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart" (Deuteronomy 28:65). What better description could be found of the people who fill our nation?
When we choose to live independently from God, as if God doesn't matter, we disconnect ourselves from our true life-source. Why do so many refuse to acknowledge the God who made them? Humans were designed to live under God-under his love and his rule.  
One reason people do not honor God is that they do not feel they need him. God also warned about the danger of allowing prosperity to cause you to forget him. "Be careful…when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 8:12-14).  
Too often, we settle for temporary panaceas for the longing of our hearts. We worship created things rather than the Creator– only to discover that lasting satisfaction is elusive when sought in material possessions. Jesus said, "Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15). It is wise to pray, "…give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, `Who is the Lord?' Or, I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God"? (Proverbs 30:8-9). 
Some people do not live for God because they are confused by religion. When they hear about God, they do not know if this means Jesus, Mohammad, Allah, Vishnu, Confucius, or some unknown deity. Religion is confusing. Yet the true God warned about the allurements of false gods. "If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, 'Let us follow other gods' (gods you have not known) 'and let us worship them,' you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul" (Deuteronomy 13:1-3).   
God repeatedly said, "I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God" (Isaiah 45:5). False religions and false gods will always try to rival the true Creator. Test these religions and gods. You will learn that they are man-made and are unworthy of comparison to the true and living God revealed in scripture. We cannot afford to let the counterfeits keep us from the real God. Remember God's promise, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13).
 Yet we cannot seek God any way we desire. God has opened a way for us to come to him. Jesus said it plainly, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God has only provided one way for us to be reconciled to him (see: II Corinthians 5:17-21). Only through Jesus –the one who died for our sin and broke the power of death-can we have access to God.
 Do you have an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart? Respond to Jesus' invitation, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls" (Matthew 11:28-29).
 
 

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