Lunatics Putting Out The Sun [Archives*]

'A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.' 
C. S. Lewis



I am Balaam. To me, God is an industrial line. 
I am Achan. To me, God is a scrooge. 
I am Rachael. To me, God is a baby factory. 
I am Eve. To me, God is a hypocrite. 
I am Gehazi. To me, God is a slot machine. 
I am Herod. To me, God is an enemy. 
I am Saul. To me, God is a status symbol. 
I am Thomas. To me, God is dead. 

The world wants to rape God. Get every provision, every blessing, every grace and then some, without a relationship with him. And then those who don't will want to bury Him sealed in the caskets of secularism, pleuralism or nihillism. 

My perception of God does not change His inherent nature, but it affects the way I perceive His sleight of hand. If He doesn't fit into my preconceived mould, He's wrong and irresponsible, wicked and angry, irritable and irrational. If He does, He is a good God in the sense of a compliant deity receiving a deserving little pat on the back. 

Where He exists, in my eyes, I downsize Him to the rosary I wear around my neck, the figurine I carry about in my pocket and the freshly pressed olive oil I sprinkle around from my bottle. God in a bottle, on a chain and on a wall, but never God in my heart and definitely not a God in heaven. When I sing 'be magnified', in my mind I need a microscope to multiply imperceptable images of a deitised microcosm rather than a telescope to bridge the infinite gap between me and a holy God. Thus I do not know Him, I do not fear Him and I do not love Him. 

I am a blind man. To me, God is an idea; gods are a reality. 

But does that change the true nature of Divinity? Does it dent on His Character, move His throne or result in His insecurity? 

I have enough evidence experientially, historically, from philosophy and the arts, scientifically, and from kitchen dinner table talk that God exists. But I need to read the book to be reminded that God is consistent in His nature. That God rewards. That God rewards those that seek him. That God rewards those that seek him diligently. That heaven came down. That a cross, a grave, 3 days, hell and heaven shaped the course of destiny. That hope exists beyond last breaths, last words and death rattles. That the entire universe will one day bow before a lamb, a lion, and a conquering King. That God became man that men might become God's and gods. That God IS love. 

I am Joseph. To me, God is a carpenter. 
I am Pilate. To me, God is a revolutionist. 
I am Greek. To me, God is queer. 
I am Judas. To me, God is a business opportunity. 
I am Lazarus. To me, God is distant. 

I am a saint and a sinner. God IS love. Not just to me. 

'A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.' 
C. S. Lewis