As human beings our lives are centered around our quest for our purpose, consciously or unconsciously, for those who are aware that they have a greater purpose, actively pursue it, for those who are not conscious of it, well, they focus on filling that void caused by lack of purpose (and originally by the fall of man) with things of a material nature and end up destroying there very essence and sometimes even that of those they interact with.
Now, because a greater force has to work within us for this purpose to be realized, and over time this greater force has been dubbed ‘God’ and to an extent become a brand, a lot of the world, cause of socialization and other influences <read ‘competition’> feel that ‘God’ is not the brand for me, it’s like ‘God’ the brand has been positioned to be so up there that people can’t reach it and to other people it’s positioned as too down there for me to go for it, Brand God has to come for me.
So the world moves away from God and goes for the competition which is physically manifested in the self help forums, self help books, money, power, sex, etc. cause that then becomes the greater force, cause they are unable, not necessarily from there own will, to fathom a force greater than that which they actually see. (Explains why people are afraid of there bosses and what the world refers to as ‘highly influential people’ because they are physical manifestations of what a ‘superior’ or ‘greater’ being is).
The hardest bit about faith and human nature is human nature requires physical proof to believe in something, whereas God is not really present in a physical form but manifests Himself in various physical forms <read His Creation>, but cause that’s not how we are taught to believe, people start missing the bark from the trees.
On the flip side, people who are consciously aware of a greater power that exists and constantly and consciously seek this, i.e. God, open themselves up to receive Him, but human nature still plays here, and cause of that eagerness to receive God, human beings leave themselves open to other fake spirits, and wanna be guides in our individual pursuits to seek God, that throw off even the most pure of Christians off an a wild goose chase, pursuing what it is that they think is the direction they need to go in pursuit of the ultimate purpose, this is still bearing in mind that His sheep know His voice.
Now, the eagerness we have in this pursuit can also be our downfall cause then we become susceptible to fakes in different forms and at different levels and as we walk closer it gets harder. But I don’t believe it is supposed to be that way , cause if God meant for us to receive Him like children, then being a God of order, things should just flow and we should be able to, cause of our instinctive nature, receive it without complication. The complication comes when we try and receive Him like adults.
I don’t really know how to explain this, but if you look at a child who ties a pillowcase round his neck and jumps off the top of the stairs, he does it because he believes he can fly. Then an adult comes and tells him not to be foolish, human beings can’t fly, and forces the child to think with all the barriers that are in an adults head, when in essence, all the child needed to know is, you can fly, just not with the pillowcase, and proceed to teach them about planes, or spaceships etc, that way you haven’t killed a dream but you have offered guidance.
As an adult we are aware of all the forces that are against us and focus more on them and fighting them, than on the active pursuit of our purpose, and this makes us angry, because you have to be angry to destroy something that is hampering your progress as you move towards your purpose. We should be happy as we pursue our purpose cause that’s what we were ultimately created and fashioned to do <sounds utopian, maybe it is>, the only way we will derive happiness is when that we were created to do comes to pass, cause you‘ve done God’s work how can we not be happy about that. One of the wonderful things we were given is free will, choice, we can choose how to pursue our purpose, focus on destroying everything in the way or focus on achieving the purpose and in that pursuit we are empowered to fight off the enemy without losing sight of the ultimate purpose. There’s a place in scripture that talks about what to focus on…will remember it.
I believe the loss of innocence is the reason for all our problems. Cause once the purity of our perception is burnt we then assume that that’s how it’s always going to be and we are then stifled. When kids play, and fall down, they don’t stop playing, when kids move from play school to kindergarten, they don’t stop making friends cause there old friends left, that’s why a child can have new best friend everyday. It’s no accident that we are called children of God, think about it, when were you able to take in and digest information at its best, learn a new language, how to read, basic math, AS A CHILD. The reason why if you destroy a child you destroy a generation, or a society, a country (think Sierra Leone, Rwanda). And as an adult in pursuit of purpose (more so with a scarred past), I believe we need to find the child in us so as to be able to start the journey afresh.
In our quest for God, we are surrounded by people/preachers/teachers/mentors/parents/peers/siblings who teach like adults, not Children (of God), cause children (of God) already possess all the wisdom they need to successfully go on this pursuit, that’s why we are called to believe like a child, when we believe like an adult people get lost and don’t really get to pursue there purpose fully cause it’s riddled with so many proverbial barriers. So, technically, what we all need is a Child of God to guide us and this does not have to be manifested as a human adult….don’t know if that makes sense, cause a Child (of God) will communicate rationality, inspired by God so that the quest for individual purpose is not interfered with by the barriers around. And this is not to say we go around our way merrily giggling like there is no danger that exists out there, it does, but like I said earlier, we choose what we will focus on and trust that the Good God who is guiding us on our purpose is also equipping as with what we need to wad off evil and not lose focus. I’m thinking where does my help come from….?
So, those are my random thoughts….for now.