Isn’t it so
weird that you
exist? Isn’t it
just a
head-scratching
phenomenon that
you’re standing
on a floating
orb that’s
inside a vast
universe that’s
so large you
can’t even
fathom, its
beginning or
end? Isn’t it
even more
confusing that
the complexity
of your mind and
existence allows
thinking,
choices, pain,
and sadness; the
mind is so
interesting that
we are
self-aware of
ourselves?
God has been
waiting and
watching as His
created life
forms called Man
evolve enough in
their own
development to
ask the question
of questions.
That inquiry
into why do we
exist?
I find it
puzzling that I
am alive, and
that I am
composed of
flesh and bones
in such an
intricate
arrangement
operating
together which
makes up the
systems of the
human anatomy.
The eye opens up
and it sees the
amazing skyline,
but the eyeball
itself doesn’t
comprehend the
fact that it is
amazing; it just
allows the glory
to be revealed.
Is this question
that hard to
answer? When I
take a step back
and look at my
piece of the big
puzzle, I can’t
help but snap it
into place at
the Cross. Is
there something
special about me
that I should
have the truth?
Why is it that I
have been
selected before
the beginning of
time to be a
son, of God?
What is
that X-factor
that the Lord
saw in me that I
should taste the
sweet gift of
salvation?
Maybe it has to
do with the fact
that the King of
creation just
likes me. Maybe
in all of His
majesty, He
found a special
place in His
heart that I
could fit into.
Maybe one day
the Lord of all
life said, “I
like that
Donnie, he is
one funny
interesting
character.” I
just find it so
intriguing that
our water
walking God
would find
anything
appealing about
me.
What I find even
more fascinating
is that we
Christians
profess our God
to be the one
and true God.
Likewise
the other false
gods and their
followers
profess theirs
as that singular
truth. I think
anyone who has
the ability to
use logic and
reasoning has to
by default at
least know a
creator exists.
So how does one
get to that
single truth in
a sea of lies? I
will reference a
Scripture that
the Savior of
the world said
on His days to
walk the earth
that might shed
some light on
the question.
“Let them alone;
they are blind
guides. And if
the blind lead
the blind, both
will fall into,
a pit” (Matthew
15:14).
The King was
making it
simple; we all
have a personal
responsibility
in finding the
truth. We all
have what I
would like to
call individual
salvation and
individual
accountability
before the
Shining Man.
King Jesus is
more or less
requiring that
creation respond
to their
existence with
deep thought.
Furthermore the
Lord is warning
that if you are
too lazy to seek
truth and fall
prey to a blind
guide—then you
will not escape
the pit.
So how is it
that we can know
Jesus is the
true God? What
is the
underlining
characteristic
about our God
compared to all
the false belief
systems that
have been
created by the
enemy? Our God
predicts the
future, and then
fulfills it line
by line with
perfection. Our
God knows the
future because
He is the Author
of it. Jesus is
the Composer of
life itself, and
He decided to
put it on paper
for us to see,
to study and to
experience the
truth.
You can never
tell someone
what truth is—it
has to be
experienced to
truly believe it
and have it
change his or
her life. That
person must
individually
comprehend the
truth. Jesus
through His Word
allows this
interaction with
the soul.
One thing I have
learned with
Jesus is this:
He is very
mysterious. I
don’t hear His
voice in some
audible fashion.
Jesus doesn’t
metaphorically
embrace me with
a hug (like I
hear others
speak of). Jesus
has never
tangibly given
me a measurable
personal
interaction per
say, between
just the two of
us where I go
off telling
people, “The
Lord said this,
or the Lord did
that.”
Jesus requires a
faith from all
of us in
everything. It’s
not just faith
in forgiveness
or that Jesus
even exists. Its
faith in every
possible
encounter you
can experience
in this side of
life with God.
Jesus
gave us His
Word. If God
speaks to me,
it’s through the
Scriptures
because I have
them ingrained
in my mind. If
the Lord speaks
it’s me going
back to the
Words I have
already read
through, or that
I am presently
reading.
I have prayed
and prayed, and
begged God to
just say
anything. Just
have Him
acknowledge me.
I will
not say God will
not ever do
this, but I am
not holding my
breath. I think
Jesus would say
you have
everything you
need in the Word
and in my
creation. What
makes this even
more captivating
is that God
speaks through
this Word, and
He has a perfect
track record of
fulfillment of
prophecy through
the Bible. I
mean Jesus is
spoon-feeding
encounters to
Man if they
would just read
His Word and
look at history
and the present.
See, I think
what makes the
Word even more
solid and
trustworthy is
the fact that
God speaks
through it. Now
Jesus doesn’t
sing us
lullabies on
request, but He
fulfills
prophecy by His
Word.
Jesus
doesn’t have a
nightly TV
program we can
tune in to every
night to get an
update on the
timing of His
judgment.
Although
to the student
of the Word, it
has been made
very clear that
we are in the
end of the last
days.
So think about
it, Jesus is
mysterious on a
personal
day-to-day
level, but He is
God and does
exist. Because
God is so
distant and
hidden, that’s
what makes the
Word and the
potential
implications of
what He is
saying so much
more imminent.
You better
believe Jesus is
going to fulfill
His Words, you
better believe
we have less
time than more.
The Word of God
is just the
mechanism God
chose to use to
speak to us.
I think after
sitting down,
eating a
three-course
meal of the Word
of God, creation
itself, and the
perfect track
record of God’s
prophetic Word.
Man can
easily digest
into his system
that Jesus is
the one true and
living God.
One thing I have
learned in my
walk with God is
that I have to
start
perceptibly
recognizing that
Jesus really
does live. Jesus
is the only
person in the
room at all
times that
people don’t
acknowledge. The
Creator of the
earth for some
reason finds me
interesting
enough to seek
out.
If He
will seek me
out, I know He
shows no
favoritism.
What’s so crazy
to me is that I
am one of the
few who
recognize this
call from God. I
plainly see that
we are living in
the last of the
last days. God
has placed a
perspective in
my life that I
never thought I
could achieve;
being
contentment in
my current
circumstance.
The day I
realized how
special I am to
God happened
about a couple
of weeks ago. I
was telling a
guy about the
Lord and the
truth of
salvation. The
guy had a way
higher pay grade
then myself, and
in a way mocked
me for my low
position and how
far I had fallen
from my last job
title.
As I spoke the
truth, I could
see this guy
thinking I was
crazy. I was
watching his
reaction toward
Jesus and
eternal life as
I spoke. His
mind would not
become unlocked
from the world.
That’s
when I really
fathomed my
position. I am a
child of God! I
changed that day
forever, in that
my earthly pride
diminished so
much because I
realized it was
so futile. That
guy I was trying
to reach was
like so many
others—lost!
It’s moments
like those when
you get off from
work, and you
just look up at
the night sky
and tell God
thanks for
saving me. Tell
the King that
you understand
why He has
allowed all the
adversity and
pain in your
life. You shout
for joy in your
soul because you
get to meet the
Man behind the
plan. His feet
are like
burnished
bronze, His eyes
like blazing
fire, and His
voice is like
rushing waters.
The Creator of
everything is
planning a huge
party and we all
be invited. One
thing I always
wondered though,
when we get
there, how is
Jesus going to
talk to all of
us at the same
time.
You have
millions of
people standing
shouting, “King
Jesus over
here.” My
brother answered
this question
one day the best
way it can be
described to our
tiny minds. He
said, “It will
be like an air
conditioner,
everyone just
feels it.”
See you on the
other side!
McReynoldsdon@ymail.com
Don McReynolds