If you sit down to really think about why most people do not give into religion or a relationship with Christ is because of Christ. Now that sounds just straight up absurd to say all the fault should be on Jesus. But if you took yourself out of your relationship with Christ you would see the other way non-believers see, which seems pretty terrifying. They see this man that walked through the biblical times calling himself God, claiming that he was worthy of all our praises. Then this man goes to die on a cross and does something with the sky to pretty much tell us that the heaven deems us all sinners. To make it even better unbelievers are then surrounded by us telling them this is true. And of course it is because we have seen the glory of God at work through our lives.
This analogy might seem really harsh but I strongly believe this goes through the mind of some nonbelievers. And we might even picture God as this selfish person that "wants all the praise." I found myself thinking this in the times where I was upset with the Lord because I only thought that he wanted these things for himself. But when we look at God this way we make him the monster when he is anything but. It is such a horrible feeling to make God sound like the one that is worthy and we are trash. We think this way because we are always told that we aren't worth like God is and I think I can safely say that we automatically think that God doesn't really love us.
The matter of the fact is this IS all for Christ. But why would we want it any other way. Could you imagine living life for yourself or someone on this earth? While we might think that would be so easy and fun because we would live however we want to, we wouldn't be satisfied in the proper way. We would be satisfied in sin. And of course anything that has to do with sin binds us to something beyond what we think is good. We need to have Christ as the center of our lives and give all the glory because he is the only one that deserves it. It is said in Colossians 1:15-16 "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things were created through him and for him."
Of course the bible is full of words that call God the "one and only". He is the invisible and he is the firstborn of all creation. This alone is why he deserves to be the big man! It doesn't sound selfish to be the God the universe and act loving to every single person. This is because the Lord does it for us! God could act selfish and not even care for us or fess up to owning us. Imagine God existing (of course) BUT we did not know him at all because he never declared himself. We would be a total mess!! We wouldn't be able to function physically or mentally what so ever. I mean the man created everything so we should at least say we deserve to under his might hand.
There isn't much to say but the fact is God's love is covered by a horrible mask that he is a selfish man that only wants the best for him self. But fight it back with the fact that he gave it all and he continues to. God lives for loving and giving us what we need. Do not let these consuming feelings rule over you because they are full of lies. Christ is doing everything to make you a better you! And in do so he HOPES that you will choose to faithfully follow him. If anything we are the selfish ones because he died for US not the other way around. And yet we still think that we deserve so much better than what God gives us. But everything is just and right through the eyes and heart of Christ.
Word of the Day: "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith-that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
~Ephesians 3:14-19
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