Where are you God?

I looked around my house, but I couldn’t find you.  I went to school, but you weren’t there either.  You weren’t at my job or at the movies or at the stadium.  I even went to church!  Where are you God?

Did God move?  No.  We threw him out of our schools – no more prayer there.  People are offended if prayer is done in a public place and movies are full of foul language.  Our bibles sit on the bookshelf collecting dust.  There are even churches that have become like country clubs.  Everywhere we go we are met with darkness.  What happened?  Who turned the light off?

We did.  We went along with “them” when “they” took prayer out of school.  We got offended when someone prayed before a meeting, and we can’t wait to see the next “R” rated movie.  We started worshipping celebrities and athletes – didn’t matter what they believed.  We follow influencers on YouTube and TikTok regardless of where they stand.  We believe the lies we are told and get offended by the truth.

But all is not lost.  There is still hope!  God didn’t move, but we did, and we can move back.  We will never be too far away for God to reach.  “But I don’t know how to get back!”  If that is you, boy do I have good news for you.  Call out to God.  He will hear you and show you the way back to Him.  Remember the prodigal son?

Luke 15:11-24

Then He said: “A certain man had two sons.  “And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood.  “And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.  “But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want.  “Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.  “And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.  “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!  ‘I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, “and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.” ’  “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.  “And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’  “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.  ‘And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; ‘for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to be merry.

Let’s get that light turned back on!   Can you imagine how great our country would be if everyone called out to God?  What if everyone realized that they had drifted off the right path and asked for His forgiveness?    God is waiting for us to call out to Him.  We are always welcomed back home – God will never say no to someone that wants to return to Him.  Why wait?  If you have drifted away call out to God.  There is no better time than right now! 

PS:  If you don't know God, seek Him.  Those who truly seek Him will always find Him.