The Apathetic World Around Us

Apathy – lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting

Would you say that there is a feeling of apathy toward God in the world today?  I have seen an increasing feeling of ambivalence and apathy regarding the deep spiritual meaning of life.  “I don’t care if there is heaven and hell.”, “I’m living for today and what’s in it for me.”, “This is all there is, if there is something after this life, I don’t have any control of that, so it is what it is.”  These are all statements from individuals when posed with the simple question, “Do you believe in Heaven?” 

What is happening to cause individuals to disregard their eternal presence as the most important decision they have to make?  The world view has a tendency to discredit anything that cannot be proven within the infinitely small perspective that we as humans have of what is really happening around us.  According to an Albert Einstein quote, we humans use less than 10% of our brain’s capacity.  Hollywood made a movie last year called “Lucy”, which expanded on this very topic.  I am not promoting this movie, nor condoning it’s message, but simply stating that we are led to believe that we are brilliant, genius and scientifically advanced enough to answer life’s most complex questions.  When actually, we are extremely shallow in our knowledge and wisdom of what is really happening around us, by our inability to use the fullness of “grey matter” provided by our Creator.

If indeed we are incapable of using the fullness of our brain’s power, than how can we even begin to believe we can interpret the true complexities of this world.  Where does water originate from?  Who formed the first grain of sand?  What force began the world spinning endlessly upon it’s axis and holds it perfectly in place in the vast universe?  Who taught the ant to reproduce?  These are just a few of the questions that mankind has no intelligent, defendable answers for.  Therefore we say it just happened during a massive energy explosion billions of years ago.  By stating this, they have determined themselves that it is beyond our limited knowledge, so it must have been a random chaotic event that started it all.

Doesn’t it take an enormous amount of faith in the unknown to believe this tale?  Part of the world’s apathy toward God and eternal things is their inability to know, without complete evidence, that it is truthful. Because it takes significant faith to trust that God is real and that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins, so we may join Him in Heaven one day; when there is no physical evidence one can see with our eyes.  Many need that 100% confirmation before they can believe, and without it have chosen to believe in something so extraordinary and unexplainable as the Big Bang and theory of evolution from primordial soup. 

Do you not see that it requires extreme faith to believe the human body, muscle structure, bones, nervous system, senses, hair follicles, brain matter, organs, etc are all by chance and evolved from organisms in the slime following the so-called Big Bang.  Seriously.  Where did that original super-organism that could evolve into life come from?  Did it evolve from something else?  If so, where did that come from? And so on and so on.  There must have been an originating intelligent life form or an explanation on how a living organism came from nothing.  Who is really stretching the faith spectrum farther – the person who believes in a single Creator of all things (albeit an unseen Creator); or the randomness of a living organism coming from nothing and then evolving into an extremely complex system of neurons, muscle, bone, tissue and emotions.  The world will say there is fact for the latter and therefore it is believable, and will avoid the essential question of how it actually came into being.

Much of the world has an apathetic opinion toward God today, because they do not like being told to conform to the set of rules and guidelines as prescribed in the scriptures.  They choose to reject the God of the Universe in the hope that the Scriptures aren’t truth.  Many people no longer fear the God of the Bible, but try to conform God to meet their choice of lifestyle and sinful actions.  They accept the worldly view of origin and evolution because it requires nothing from them to live righteously.  It says in Romans 3:14-18:
¹⁴ “Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;
¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood,
¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their paths,
¹⁷ And the path of peace they have not known.”
¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

The scriptures tell us to repent from our sins and turn toward the way of Jesus Christ and be redeemed for our unrighteousness.  There will be a judgement day and we all will stand before the Lord to defend our actions.  Please stop believing in what the world tells you is okay, and read for yourselves the truth that is found in His Word.  I care for each of you and ask that you take this as your number one priority in life.  

You Must Participate

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.  Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” – James 1:22-24

Do you not know that there is only one God?  If your answer is yes, than what are you doing?  We follow the advice of our friend and neighbor, the advice of our boss at work, the advice of our parents and spouses; but we ignore the advice and counsel from God Almighty.  Do you not see that we are a society wrapped around ourselves rather than the One who created us?  Are we not called by the Father to serve Him, to live for Him and His purpose, to love others as He loves them and to do good works for His glory?  I ask again then, what are we doing? 

I fear that we no longer live in fear of God.

You will one day stand in front of the Holy Judgment seat of God the Father.  If you fail to realize or fear this, then you ought to be on your knees asking for a revelation from the One who controls your eternal destiny.  Quiet your thoughts, quiet your heart, find solitude and press your knees into the surface of this earth that was created for you.  Lift your hands to your maker and plead for Him to reveal His love, His purpose and His truth to you.  Seek forgiveness and it shall be yours, for by His graciousness and mercy, He has chosen to allow your transgressions to be washed away. 

When you reach for the Father’s presence, be aware that He will come, and there are expectations that you will be called too.  You are not called to be perfectly holy, for that is impossible, but through His Son – Jesus Christ, who was perfect and holy, you are covered.  You are called to accept Jesus Christ entirely.  Not that He was a nice man, a prophet, a strong communicator or a holy person; but that He indeed was the Son of God, died and was resurrected as a means of redemption and salvation for your sins.

God has provided you an opportunity for a wealth of wisdom, but unless you actually pick up the book and read it how shall you ever become more aware of His presence.  As you seek your purpose in this life, it will not be found in the writings of man, but in the pure words of God inscribed through His chosen servants.  Read your bible to discover the God of the Universe and learn to respect and fear Him for who He is. 

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