Accepting God as He is

There is an inherent desire in humans to know and have a relationship with their Creator. Reaching Him in the 21st Century, however, has become more difficult than ever before, as the people of this generation seem to be ill at ease with an elusive God.

Accustomed as we are to easy and quick information available at the click of a mouse, we don’t seem to have the patience to get in touch with God, as He is invisible and beyond human understanding.

Besides, the advancements we have made in the field of science have bred in us a false pride, which perhaps makes us very uncomfortable at the very thought of a God who is beyond our control and demands our submission. For, instead of acknowledging our insufficiency before the all-sufficient God, we rather seem to be striving to bring every part of God’s creation under human control.

Also, the holiness of God threatens our ego-centric lifestyles, which, we think, is necessary for the survival in today’s world. Therefore, we do not desire a holy God who is “unjustifiably” over-demanding and unaccommodating to our desires.

Unfortunately, instead of changing our lives according to who God actually is, we have substituted the true God with a “God” of our own making, in conformity to our own likes and dislikes.

Consequently, our worship of “God” has become limited to mere chanting of mantras and performing of outward rituals with no inward change of the heart. The gods we have created demand nothing but wearing of certain stones, presence of certain articles in the house and visits to certain pilgrim places. Therefore, there is no sign of Godly values in our day-to-day dealings.

The rise of corruption, crime, immorality, epidemics and so on, along with a rise in “spirituality”, confirms that we are guilty of the sin of idolatry. For, our “devotion” to created gods does not impel us to forsake sexual impurity, hatred, fits of rage, selfish ambition, drunkenness, and the like. It rather allows us to sin without any feeling of guilt which is dangerous for oneself as well as others.

It’s time we realised that unless we accept and submit to God as He is, we can neither satisfy our spiritual needs nor can we have the assurance that the road we have chosen in life is safe and secure.