Recently I’ve been ruminating on the meaning of Life and man’s response and interaction with it. (See my previous notes on “My Take on Meaning” and the “Premise for Meaning” ) as I try to communicate these convictions I had to stop to ponder; for those of us who are greatly privileged to be partakers of the premise for that meaning (referring to those with a Christian background). Are we aware; are you aware that this is Life? i.e. the knowledge of God, and the gift of salvation via His Son Jesus Christ, or is it just in the name we bear and the box we tick against religion? Is it just about where we go on Sundays? Perform our weddings in and plan to be buried by? Stop to think about it, could this be Life?
I do not refer to religion. But to the invigorating knowledge of Jesus Christ, of His Grace, forgiveness and salvation, of the joy and purpose He brings to Life; the strength to deal with hardship when it comes, the Wisdom to make things happen, the Grace to reign in Life and the ultimate assurance of everlasting life with God.
If for you, it is still just a name, then ponder at this; the purpose of Life is not to make us happy, and that’s not God’s purpose either, but rather the knowledge of God which would ultimately lead to human happiness.
Rejecting God not only alienates us from God, it alienates us from ourselves. C.S Lewis writing about this, describes Himself as man looking for meaning, bound by the spirit of the age and all the thrills it offers. He enjoys the meal and calls it by its right name, the rationalist laughed at him, he truthfully comments on the milk and they mocked him. Confused, he didn’t know how to respond until reason came riding on a horse and rescues him, as he rides out of the mountain, Reason says to the Spirit of the age; “You Lied, you don’t know what nature has made for the good and what nature has made for garbage”.
Jesus said; "Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!” (NLT BIBLE)
In reality, there is nothing as beautiful as the good and there is nothing as ugly as the evil. But in our imagination we have made good to be ugly and boring and have made the evil to be intriguing, attractive, classy and charming.
Good and evil are like positive and negative poles of an electric current, you transpose them and darkness falls. That is why man is a stranger to himself.
OKwonna Nelson
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