God and You

God and you
The Book of Genesis tells us,
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1.
Now whether God created the heavens and the earth in six days of sixty billion years has no bearing on my faith. I believe there is a God and that He created the universe and everything in it.
That being said there was a picture taken back in 1990 by the NASA space probe Voyager. Voyager has the distinction of flying further in space than any other space craft. It is still going and is now beyond the solar system. I’ve put the picture at the top of this article. Carl Sagan at the time called it a Pale blue dot.
Officially this “Pale Blue Dot” is a photograph of planet Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of about 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles,)
Carl Sagan said of it,
“From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest. But for us, it's different. Consider again that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.” Carl Sagan.
When I as a Christian look at it I am amazed. This “mote of dust” as Sagan calls it is in the exact spot not only in the solar system but in the universe for life to exist as we know it.
Yet looked at in terms of the universe as a whole it seems insignificant. It is so small that it could easily be overlooked.
God however did not overlook it. John’s gospel tells us,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  
He was with God in the beginning. 
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  
In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-4,14. 
God considered His creation and in particular mankind so important that He in the form of Jesus Christ entered this world to point mankind to heaven.
Jesus speaking of himself said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16,17.
That being said I admit it takes a great deal of faith to believe as I and other Christians do.
The writer of Hebrews states,

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope

 for and certain of what we do not see.”  

                                                                                   Hebrews 11:1.
I believe God wanted things this way because people of faith are the strongest of believers. Scientist are a good example of people of faith. They postulate a theory and continue to believe in it until it is proven wrong. Albert Eienstein is a good example. Some of his theories were not proven until well after his death.
Thus it is with anyone who believes in God.
Billy Graham the great American evangelist said,

“I can't prove it scientifically, that there's a God,

but I believe.”

                                                                        Billy Graham.
Blaise Pascal said belief in God I believe is a wise wager. He wrote,
“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.” Blaise Pascal.
The writer of Hebrews tells us,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Hebrews 11:6
 Thus the question becomes are you willing to wager on what you believe in regards to God?
Please think about it.

God and you

God and you
“Faith in God is looking at the Universe around you, seeing how perfect it is and coming to the conclusion that behind it all there is a creator. A God that made it all.”                                                                                                                                            Author Unknown.
The Bible does not debate the existence of God. From the very beginning it states,
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” 
                                                                                          Genesis 1:1
It leaves it up to the reader to believe it or not.
Dotted throughout the bible however are sayings that point man to truths that show God exists.
  The Psalmist writes,

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. 

There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.” 

                                                                                              Psalm 19:1-3.

The Psalmist make it clear that creation points us to God.
Just look around you from the largest galaxy to the smallest sub atomic particle everything lines up to make it possible for us to exist on this blue green dot in space.
I’m sure an atheist would look at the same evidence and say that it is the work of evolution. That is their right.
Some Christians even go as far as trying to reconcile the two theories saying God could have used evolution to create life as we know it. Something that is a possibility after all, God is all powerful and can do things the way he wishes.
In my mind it takes as much faith to believe in the theory of evolution as it does to believe in God creating everything be it in six day or billions of years.
For me however the creation debate is an inconsequential point. How we were created means little. What is important is where we are going to spend eternity.
I believe that people are eternal being living beyond the hear and now.
For me to only exist for a handful of years is a waste of a life. Poor use if you will of an intelligent being.
I believe in God. I believe He wants the best for us. That God knows we fall short every day of His expectations of us. That I believe is why He came to earth in the form of Jesus.
Through Jesus Moses and the prophets He asks mankind to have faith in Him, knowing that having faith in something we can’t see or touch is a very difficult thing to have.
He also knows that those who have such faith are true believers.
The writer of Hebrews states,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” 
                                                                                                                         Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.’”
                                                                                                      Hebrews 11:6.
It all ultimately comes down to what you as an individual believe. Do you believe that there is a God and that Jesus is His one and only Son or not.
To my mind this is the most important decision anyone can make in their life. If God does not exist then you have nothing to fear. If however He does exist then there is at the very least a great deal to think about.
Tony Campolo the American evangelist said,
“When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?”
                                                                                                                    Tony Campolo
In other words are you sure where you will spend eternity?
Please think about it.