God, Does He exist? – 1

There is a God. Yes!

Every day we are tempted to leave God out. Oftentimes, we feel the urge on the inside to depend on ourselves, to acquire more skills, practice more, get more relationships with persons that matter, and fulfill our dreams – without God’s input!              

The happenings all over the world are causing many to despair. About a decade ago, there was news of sporadic shootings in France closely followed by an attack of a teenager in the UK. As we got over that, ISIS appeared in the Middle East, and ‘Boko Haram’ is harassing the western African region. At the time, EBOLA was ravaging West Africa and next was legionnaire’s disease in the U S. Wildfire incidences are all over the globe even as landslides and earthquakes were stakeholders in the happenings in China, Nepal, and India.

More recently, the whole world passed through the COVID-19 epidemic that killed millions and many nations are still struggling with the impact of the two years of dealing with the unknown disease. The public lost faith in the leaders as the public health lapses became obvious. In the midst of that were the most contentious election in the United States, multiple ousting of civil leaders by military coups in West Africa, and Russian making efforts to re-acquire lost territories.

In all these, there is a lone mind seeking employment just to make a living and have a comfortable life. That lone man begins to wonder where God stands in all these. If he was brought up as a religious mind, he begins to have doubts. One day he is taught to wait for God who works all things out by performing miracles. The next day, he is taught to look inwards and play a diligent role if he wants to achieve anything.          

In a world where things occur oblivious of God, it becomes more difficult for one who believes in God to see where God fits in. Is there a GOD?

The big bang theory

Put together all the spare parts of a car in the junkyard, put an explosive device, and time it to explode by 12 midnight. Perhaps by morning, you would find a brand new car! You will agree that it is impossible that by the time you come back in the morning you will find a brand new car. Nothing orderly can come out of disorderliness. The big bang theory of evolution, after many centuries, is still a theory. Things don’t just happen automatically; there is always an intelligent mind that makes things work.

Take 6 yards of clothing material put sewing thread inside it, a sewing needle, and scissors. Place these on top of a sewing machine and close the room for 24hours. Wait… don’t forget to put your written measurements on the table. Let us hope that by the time you come the next day, you will find a beautifully (spontaneously) sewn dress/suit!!!

Nothing works without an intelligent mind in charge. I want you to imagine that the big bang that Darwin posited in his theory was probably the light that appeared in Genesis 1:3 when God the creator said, “Let there be light”.

The world we live in is governed by several laws. Over time, scholars and science kept discovering these laws. The interplay of these laws has resulted in several inventions. Any alteration in the regularity of times and seasons results in chaos. This should make men recognize that there is a lawgiver. The intelligent mind that built our world cannot be neglected without consequences.

There is a God! Yes!! He is the creator of the universe. He is the intelligent mind behind all we see around us though he may seem to be an onlooker many times. We may wonder why things happen and he does not seem to interfere by turning the tide of evil. We may even decide to blame him for all the happenings as being deliberately caused by a God who cares less about us.

Whatever may be going through your mind, the fact is “There is God and He made us and the world around us”. He may seem to be an onlooker many times. He sometimes seems to be sleeping and off-duty considering what is happening all over the world. He seems to have gone on leave and no longer maintaining what he has created.

Whatever may be happening that is making you have questions in your mind, we need to agree on this one fact first and foremost: an intelligent mind created our world and that universe which we explore, and that mind is not yours!

That intelligent mind is GOD! Not many gods. ONE GOD! Your heart within you agrees with that statement even when your brain disagrees.

Read the second of these series here: GOD, DOES HE EXIST?  – Part 2