Whom Do You Trust?

 Only the man who can forego conventional thinking about what he knows to be real and what he is unable to imagine can understand the wonderment of God. Man believes himself to be the master of his fate because he can rationalize his reality. What he cannot explain he considers phobia or unrealistic.

We were told that we evolved from monkeys but there is no explanation, why the process slowed down or why we fail to evolve any further. We are told intelligent beings from another planet have visited the earth and brought novel ideas to humankind. If they are so intelligent, why have they not showed us the way to stop crime, famine, earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.? Apparently, the only intelligent thing they have taught us is construction. We are told that man is the most superior beings in our universe. It confounds me that in 2000 years since the birth of Christ, we have not put an end to wars, pollution, floods, crime and famine.

Given the choice, I prefer to trust a Man who fed 5000 with only two fish and five loaves of bread. I prefer to trust a Man who heals diseases instead of creating medication that has so many side affects you would rather take your chances with the ailment. In my reality, man has yet to prove himself to me. I have rarely met a man I would follow across the street no less trust with my life. In the end, reality may simply be what each individual believes… as a man thinketh, so is he.

How many have bought insurance only to find it did not cover the current disaster? Faith covers a myriad of diseases and disasters. Looking forward or backward in history, man has recanted almost everything he proved to be right. Everything… except, the existence of God and his power… then, and now.

There will come a time when man will fear those who believe and trust in God. When that time comes, they will be as the Pharaoh who challenged Moses. After several plagues, he will concede, but only for a moment. He will realize he has been forced to accept the inevitable and recant his promise to “let the people of God go”. According to the Bible, instead of water, the next time, they will be consumed with fire.

In 2000 years, man has not conquered life or death. He has not brought significant changes to the world that will preserve it forever. His changes are temporal and laden with side-affects. He has not reinvented or sustained life; he has only modified what already exists. Evolution is on vacation, the aliens are (evidentially) more concerned with another planet. God seems to be the only creator who is alive and “kicking”. Whom do you trust??