At Odds

So rarely do I feel so inspired as I do this morning. So inspired that it came while I was eating my cereal. So inspired that I'm actually going to preach. I don't do this often but I have something to say. And it's only a statement of fact and a question of sorts with no answer. Because this thing thats eating at me this morning is something I struggle with. It's a problem we all have. And here it is.

We are at odds with God!

Believe it or not but it's a fact. By our own human nature and ability to make our own choices are at odds with God. And it sucks. It's ashame because we God over there saying I love you, I love you, I love, and here we are in our little corner of the universe called earth saying I know you love me God and I love you too. But we go out and sin. We have this ability to hurt God and it's started with Adam and Eve. Ever since we as human beings have had the ability to hurt God.

God says, I love you but it hurts whenever you do that. We tell God we know and we won't do it again and we repent but come tomorrow we'll be doing to same thing over again or something different and it breaks God's heart.

It's the reason why wehave baptist and methodist and pentacostals, because at some point we said ya know what, that part of "your" theology doesn't work for me. Christians have the basics right. That God sent his only son to die for us because he loved us and if we would believe that he died and rose again three days later and will confess our sins we have salvation. But once you start breaking down theology we start to disagree. We get defensive. Because there are things God wants of us that by our own human nature with are at odds with.

The entire basis of the christian faith is hard to deal with from a human stand point. We have to believe in a God we've never seen and then believe that his son, who was both God and man, came to earth thousthands of years ago and died on a cross and rose from the dead 3 days later. And if we believe this and telling him we're sinners we are saved and can go to heaven.

It's a hard story to grasp. The logistics of it don't add up. It's hard to believe, I'lll admit it.

But it's more than that. And I feel the more then that has been left out. We're so focused on the salvation and egtting into heaven part we forget about the love part. That the reason he did it was because God is in Love with us. He knew that as humans we could never live up to standards and could never get to heaven to spend enternity with him by ourselves. David, who was a man after God's own heart, went out and commited adultery.

The same problems keep popping out throughout the bible. Human beings and God have different agendas. God wants us to love each other and live as one in a community with others ad help those around us. We wants a new car and a promotion at work and a big house and to be a star in hollywood. Jesus said the last shall be first and the first last, yet we spend much our or time on earth as adults trying to get to the top. That's the opposite of what God wants.

But that's why Jesus came. Because God Loves us. He made us and couldn't stand the thought of not spending anternity without us. We loves us.

God, we thank you this mronign for the love you have for us. That no matter in what way we screw up you're still stand there with open arms. I'm sorry that I can't be the person you want me to be. I'm sorry that we're at odds. But I thank you that you knew this would happen and sent your son. You are amazing.