From the very beginning, the greatness of God’s power has been clearly seen. Looking at how this world was created, I could say that it could have taken a lot of effort from our Creator to make everything perfectly. Everything that He created has their own purpose that would support us in our living. Things like water, air, trees, animals, and etc. All of these are custom made by God so that we can survive in this world that He created. His great power can be clearly seen through these creations! And all of these are done because of His great love for us, which is until now, we are still experiencing through these the same creations and Christ.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
-Romans 1:21, NIV
This verse talks about us humans. We knew and have experienced how great God’s power is, but the problem is that there are those people who does not appreciate or even acknowledge the work that He has done. Some maybe are just ashamed because they think that believing or talking about God isn’t cool. Some had just become so smart that they think they already know everything and does not need to acknowledge God anymore. And some had just become so attached to the things of the world that they think that these tangible things are the most important. These things that I have told you are just some of the product of “worldliness”. This worldliness is the main reason why many are blinded from the truth of God. It is because of worldliness that many people are living their lives like they don’t know God. A life centered only to themselves.
They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
-Romans 1:25, NIV
Still, the verse talks about worldliness. Many people are blinded because of this worldliness, and now cannot see the beauty of the things that God created for us. They have also forgotten about the origin of the things around them, they have forgotten about God! They have just exchanged everything that God has done for them to the things that are not eternal, like fame, knowledge, power, and etc. Instead of glorifying God and giving thanks to Him for all the things that He has done, they just put Him inside the box and focus on the things that are really not of any worth.
Brothers, let’s just open our eyes and go back to our Creator. It’s good to enjoy life here on earth, but it’s best if we don’t get attached to it. Let's just focus on what our Creator wanted us to do, for His purpose for us aren't like the temporary things that this world offers, but is something that would last until eternity.
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