John 14:6-7 NLT
 
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”
 
We are all selfish beings, and we all know it – whether or not we are believers. We know that, left to itself, our self-centred nature is destructive, but we don’t agree on how to stop this happening. Is natural selection the inbuilt means to manage a self-perpetuating society, or does a personal God lie behind the many layers and textures that make up human existence and personal interaction?
 
I believe that St Augustine was right when he said: “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in you.” In a non-religious world, the concept of God can prove elusive. Despite the advances of scientific enquiry, however, the question of where everything comes from remains. God, of course, is quite content to leave it to each of us to make up our mind. We have the unenviable task of deciding who God is, if indeed God is anything, or anyone, at all. The consequences could not be greater, for the ultimate end of our mortal existence lies within the choice we make.
 
The unique notion within Christianity is that, while humanity unsuccessfully strives to discern and discover the truth of the universe and resolve the riddle of our meaning, God took responsibility to journey to us and make himself known in Jesus, through the incarnation. God is an event in our own time-space world, constrained by its limitations yet illuminated by Jesus’ divine nature, shared with his human mortality. Christianity is the fact of the incarnation, and we can have confidence in God’s truth. Jesus’ manifestation isn’t limited to the incarnation 2,000 years ago. God is present now and you’re invited to meet with the reality of him in your daily experiences.
 
QUESTION: How confident are you that God is with you?
 
PRAYER: Walk with me, today, Lord, and may I be fully conscious of your presence.

Released on 27 Jul 2020