It seems all that we see is
bad news, violence, hatred, and bigotry. The news is full everything except
hope.
Without hope, so many ask, “Where
are you God?” Sadly it is the only way that many know how to pray.
All they ask is to see God.
This prayer from those who truly seek God, is pure. For earnest prayer, God tells us, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” But, most with only this prayer will have no idea what they are looking for, where to find it, or how to find it.
Maybe they seek the same that Solomon asked; the wisdom
of an understanding heart.
More people with the wisdom of an understanding heart can make the world a better place.
With all the unhappiness in
the world, people are searching; but, most
do not know where to find it or how to find it. They really don’t want to know
God as God asks of us. Scripture tells us, to really know God you have to die to
yourself.
That is not an easy thing; so,
people tend not to look to have an understanding because it is not an easy
thing. They look somewhere else. They cry out for an understanding heart to
come to them.
So people shout, “Where are
you God?” And, they do not recognize God’s answers. If the understanding heart God sends does mimic their opinion, rhetoric, or world view they reject it.
God has given them the
freedom to make that choice.
And there are those who say,
“Where are you God?” as a mockery of God. They do not want an answer. And, in God’s
greatness, he still answers their prayer by the freedom of their creation.
God answers each of our
prayers through freedom. God created us with the freedom to know God or not.
Each person has the freedom to pray or not. Each has the freedom to seek heaven
or hell. Each has the freedom to love or not. Each of us has the freedom to
accept the miracle of God’s healing or not.
Neither Governments nor
humanity can chain the freedom given by our creator. Only we have the freedom
to do that.
We can ask God to have the
wisdom of an understanding heart by choosing to know God, pray, and seek
heaven. These can allow us to forget our self imagined importance and grow closer to God. They open our hearts to love. It changes us. It makes us citizens
of the Kingdom of Heaven exemplified by our lives here on earth.
That is a kingdom hidden
within us. We find it coming to God in Jesus Christ with constant, earnest,
living prayers.
It is not the easy way. It
is a pearl of great price. It takes sacrificing the ego in this world to find the hidden
treasure t there for us to find.
People pray “Where are you
God?” because; giving up or self love to love others is trouble for the world. It is too great a price to
relinquish the self-loving ego for the wisdom of an understanding heart of
agape that comes from God.
Look at the world. There is
hate, bigotry, racism, and injustice. It fills many hearts. Instead of the love we have for one another,
these sins are the measures of humanity the world seeks out.
But, listen closely. Hear the
voices of the ones blessed by God the Father to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of Heaven. They speak regularly with God in prayer and the understanding
of his Word. They know and live a life of love, peace, hope and justice.
They speak of it. They share
it. By dying to the self, they live for God, know the hope of his kingdom, and share
it.
When all are pulled to
judgement those who have found the great treasure will be the good catch.
Those who did not open themselves to the Heavenly Father's answer when they asked “Where
are you God?” At that time, all will know.
All will know.
We are called to his purpose. That call is to the freedom of the agape wisdom of an understanding heart. It is freedom to exemplify the kingdom of Heaven despite the sinfulness the world gives us. It is the freedom of hope no matter how much the world despairs.
Hope belongs to our call.
Be good, be holy, and preach
the gospel by the way you live your life and love one another.
Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment