God, Circumstances, and YOU

I have been thinking this week about the way circumstances affect how we see God and our belief system.

Earlier this week I was talking with a young man who was questioning God's existence based on some pretty lousy things he had seen people go through and things that he had gone through.

I was also thinking of another guy who would say he is a follower of Jesus, but, the truth is, he has seemed to follow Christ for a very long time...much of the rationale is in the amount of lousy things he has experienced. And he really experienced some lousy things in his life - infidelity, deaths in the family, significant change in income, as well as the other things in life that hit all of us. Pretty heavy stuff.

So here is the reality as I see it...and I am speaking as one who has had significant pain the last several years myself...God is either God or He is not.

We pursue Him because of WHO He is not just WHAT He has done. It is definitely easier to love God and pursue Him when we have money in the bank, our spouse is treating us well, we have no significant loss in our lives, etc.

But the truth is God is still God whether things are good whether we are going through pain.

I choose today to pursue Him...no matter the circumstance.