Man to Man…The Bigger Picture

If we are truly honest and transparent with ourselves, each of us simply knows; I dont know how we know, but we know that we are a smaller piece of something bigger.

You can try to deny it, but every man that I do ministry with, as well as men, who have been broken, and come face to face with what has wounded them or caused their pain, and come to themselves, inevitably recognize this truth. Honestly seeking this truth, maybe for the first time, drives them to seek after God. This is not merely curiosity. It is the thing that drives curiosity.

The driving force behind the Scientist is also a result of this need we have for knowing where we fit in the bigger picture, Even those who do not consider themselves persons of faith, are driven to seek out this truth. What is the true story? Where do I really come from? Why am I unique, What makes me unique? What role am I destined to fulfill and am I enough to fulfill it. Do I have what it takes? All of this is born in each of us by something unseen and powerful.  Where we take that drive, and what we choose to believe as we go seeking out the truth, will determine our eternal Destiny.

An honest scientist, seeks after the truth without prejudice where ever that truth leads, through a never ending, ever changing hypothisis, that, by the way,  slowly over time continues to line itself up with the Truth of Gods Word.

The Athiest, arrogantly proclaimes THERE IS NO GOD, and limits his definition of the truth to meet his predetermined notion of the truth, thereby making the unfounded and unproven proclamation, (as absolute truth… while at the same time denying the existance of absolute truth); “THERE IS NO GOD”.

I use the word arrogance, not to be judgemental but to accurately describe this line of thinking. Lets be real for a minute. If we could measure the knowledge of the universe, I think we would all agree finding a word to accuratly define that is almost impossible. The knowledge we now posses, after such a brief time of existance on this planet, compared to what is out there could be described like this…taking a thimble and dipping it into the ocean. Therefore, to take such a limited sample of the knowledge available in the universe, and make the absolute declaration, THERE IS NO GOD…is nothing short of arrogant. In fact one could say it takes more faith to make such a statement of belief, than it does to believe in the truth of Gods word.

We are part of something bigger, certainly the existance of God in that picture is at the very least a possibility.  If it is a possibility, is it such a streach to think he would want us to know Him, and if what we read in His word is understood correctly, the desire for us to love Him freely, and to respond to His love for us by giving Him our whole heart in desire of an intimate relationship with Him.

We are part of something bigger and some how we kow it, Something we may not fully understand, something powerful, something that has GOD writtem all over it. May I suggest to you, that if you truly are open to the truth, what ever that may be, then include the idea of seeking that truth in God’s Word.  The scriptures say….seek Him today, while He may yet be found. And that the Lord desires us to seek him in spirit and in truth.

If you truly desire to find your place in the bigger picture, you will only find it at the had of the master of the canvass. But if you honestly seek Him….you will find Him.

 

 

 

 

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