From God's View
Have you ever wondered what God thinks of us? We are His creation, we were created for His pleasure (which is more than some generic 'lifting His name up in the Earth"). When He watches us, what does He think?
To be more specific, what does God think about our terminology, when we use words such as my "religion", my "faith", my "beliefs". Not too long ago, politicians pushed away from the topic of telling the nation what they believed, wanting to use the limp excuse of "separation of church and state", and that it was a private thing. Then, after a couple decades of avoiding the subject, they turned and embraced it in our last election.
What I want to explore has nothing to do with politics, but with God's view on religion. To Him, He is life, He is the impetus behind our faith, our religion, our beliefs. It isn't a separate topic to Him. It is life, since He created all life. I say I am a Christian, but it goes much deeper than that for me. Christ is life to me. I don't separate Sundays from the other days of the week, in terms of connecting with God. God is an everyday relationship for me. I don't visit Him like I would the in-laws, or have Him over for dinner once a week, or a month, or on religious holidays.
I believe God wants us to view Him as our life, not a small part of it. I also believe that we would benefit greatly in adopting this mindset, myself included. God isn't a part of my religion, He is a part of my life, and not in some segregated box I keep around to ward off zealous folks who like to poke around.
To be more specific, what does God think about our terminology, when we use words such as my "religion", my "faith", my "beliefs". Not too long ago, politicians pushed away from the topic of telling the nation what they believed, wanting to use the limp excuse of "separation of church and state", and that it was a private thing. Then, after a couple decades of avoiding the subject, they turned and embraced it in our last election.
What I want to explore has nothing to do with politics, but with God's view on religion. To Him, He is life, He is the impetus behind our faith, our religion, our beliefs. It isn't a separate topic to Him. It is life, since He created all life. I say I am a Christian, but it goes much deeper than that for me. Christ is life to me. I don't separate Sundays from the other days of the week, in terms of connecting with God. God is an everyday relationship for me. I don't visit Him like I would the in-laws, or have Him over for dinner once a week, or a month, or on religious holidays.
I believe God wants us to view Him as our life, not a small part of it. I also believe that we would benefit greatly in adopting this mindset, myself included. God isn't a part of my religion, He is a part of my life, and not in some segregated box I keep around to ward off zealous folks who like to poke around.