A thought came to me this weekend that I want to explore a little bit while sharing with you. Ever wonder why God doesn’t just show Himself and say “Here I am, worship me”? My thought is that it would take no faith to do that. Just ask someone in prison how easy it is to do the right thing when you basically have no choice. And that my friend is one of the key words here today. God wanted us to have a choice to follow Him, to believe in Him, and to love Him. He didn’t want to stand over us like a warden and have us do right out of fear of punishment. I know He left us a set of rules to follow. Still, leaving a standard to live by still gives you a choice. Think of it like work. Your boss gives you a job to do, but they don’t have to stand over you. You do it knowing that at the end of the week you are rewarded with a paycheck. I live by the standards I do. It’s not because I don’t want to go to hell, even though I do not. But I do it because I want to go to Heaven. I want to spend eternity with my savior. He loved me enough to come to earth in human form and die for my sins. So yes I choose to spend eternity thanking Him for that love and mercy.

I often wonder why God doesn’t speak to us as He did in the early days of this earth. In those times, He communicated more directly. But then I feel like maybe in those days they had more faith in Him. They also had to depend on Him more than we do today. It’s a lot easier to believe in something if you have to depend on it to supply for you. Now days we have almost eliminated any need to trust, depend on, or believe in God. Or at least that’s what a lot of people tell themselves. I still need Him every day. Trusting Him to give a way for me is the only way I can avoid stressing myself out. Would I love for Him to make an appearance in the sky? Yes, I would. That’s because I have already chosen to follow Him. I dare say that many would not like that as much as I do. But He will be coming soon. I believe it will likely be before I pass away of old age. I just want to make sure I’m ready to see His face.