Who's Life Is It Anyway?

Adulterers ans adultresses!  Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?  Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 NKJV

It's always been a tough lesson for me, and perhaps a few others.  Although I know that I am both created and inhabited by my Lord God, at times I find it difficult to see that which is not in front of my face.  I suppose it's natural, we often follow our own senses to recognise that which is around us.  Isn't that how we were created?  Each and every one of our senses, thoughts and habits is something that has been placed within us and is unique to us all.  For there is not one of us who is an exact copy of someone else.  We can look to our heavenly creator and acknowledge his infinite love and wisdom in molding each of us in our own special way.  However, what happens when His creation tries to break away and claim their own independence seperate from Him?  Do we have that right?


So God created man in His own image; in the image of God he created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 1:27 NKJV

In Genesis 1:27 we see the initial origins of mankind as we know it.  There was no cosmic boom, no big bang, just Gods spoken word that ultimately bore the creation of all that we see, ourselves included.  Knowing this, are we inclined to then believe that we can ultimately seperate ourselves from Him who created us?  I realize this seems unfathomable, but yet we continue to partake in this seperation all too often.  The Isrealites, Gods own chosen people, engaged in it as well.  However, through our Lords love and grace, Isreal was time and again led back to their Lords presence.  As God spoke through the prophets of ancient Isreal, he revealed to his people his love and eventual salvation for them.  This people, prone to wander from their creator as they sought their independence, more often than not would seek our Lords forgiveness as they returned to him.

"And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'  But the father said to his servants, bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.  And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found."  And they began to be merry.
Luke 15: 22-24 NKJV

This parable of Jesus of the prodigal son has always been a favorite of mine.  I believe that it gives us a glimpse into the very heart of our Lord as to hos he sees his children.  Yes, we may from time to time wander and venture on our own, but we are never very far from the loving hand of our Lord who, with one spoken word, brought us life.

~Scott~