WE DO NOT FIND HIM - GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO US
| Posted On: 08/12/09 08:40:57 AM |
Age 65, OH |
An atheist's question . . "Do you ever doubt the existence of God? And if so, why?" - This is a very good question and a complicated one to answer. No one can find the One and Only True God Almighty by their own efforts alone. He can only search for this One God and God reveals Himself to that man. I used to doubt God a lot and in fact did not know that there was a God at all. My intellect always had a hard time believing there was not a Creator of all that exists. The more I learned of the universe the more it was evident that there was a Creator. But I still did not know Him personally and so found it natural to doubt that He existed, let alone trust in Him. But a man came to my door one day and asked me to ask Jesus Christ into my heart and I found that I could not say no, so I did. But I did NOT give Him my life, because I still could not trust in someone who I did not know. But by His grace He pursued me and caused me to search for Him. I asked Him if He was real to reveal Himself to me. He did just that. I became desperate to know if He existed and finally prayed and asked my Creator to take my life, and do with it as He pleased. He revealed Himself to me, by coming into my heart and making it His home. He forgave me of my sins and I changed from that day on. It took several years for me to see that His book was the Bible and that His Name was Jesus Christ, you see I knew Him as my Creator which is another Name of His. But I was still weak and my faith would still wavier and found it very hard to trust Him completely. But even though I was weak, HE WAS STRONG. He held me in His hand and caused me to trust in Him more and more. I would come to the point when life was real hard that I would go to bed telling Him that I did not have the strength to be a follower of His any longer. But he would refresh me during my sleep and I would awake with my Faith renewed. You see it is NOT up to me. I can not save myself by doing anything, I can not even trust Him to save me by myself. I have to trust Him to cause me to trust in Him and He does just that. I trust Him to cause me to trust in Him. I trust in Him to save me and He does save me. He walked with me and talked with me every day. I used to not even know that he existed; but now I could not deny Him any more than I could deny that I have a son. Finding Him is beyond me or you. Simply ask Him to reveal Himself to you and then search for Him in the Bible and all of creation and he will reveal Himself to you. - Lou Newton
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