Is God Relevant in Our Lives?

Anytime we bring up a subject, we look for the relevance it might have in our lives. Today I want to focus in on why God should be relevant to our lives.

I will start with faith assumptions. That is, I'm not here to prove that God exists. I assume you believe and I will therefore build on that assumption. God is relevant to our lives because:

* He made us, and knows what's best for our lives. As God Creator, God took very specific measures to make us in His image and gave us a guidebook on how to best live our lives. God loves His creation and wants to be our friend, our Father, and our guide.

* Times are hard and we need a Higher Power. As we look around us, things aren't easy. Even if they are at times, God is still there to lend us a measure of power, strength, courage, and faith when we need it most. When things don't go as planned and our hopes are dashed, it's nice to trust in a Higher Power and to believe that all things work together for good to them that love God.

* We are sinners and need a Savior. This may be the hardest thing to accept, but we are born fallen and Jesus came and died for our sins. Why was this necessary? Because we were cut off from God, and a righteous sacrifice had to be made to reconcile us with a perfect, holy God. None of us could do this for ourselves because we were marred by sin. Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God was given in our place. Jesus is both our substitute and our example. He is both Savior (substitute) and Lord (example). As Savior He saves us from sin. As Lord, He becomes Master of our lives. Because He saved us and we love Him, we seek to obey Him and His Word.

* We need to overcome our addictions, patterns of self-destruction and etc. Another reason God is relevant is because of our great need to overcome the things that so easily beset us. God is just a prayer away, waiting with open arms to welcome you back home into His care; to fill your mind, heart, and soul with peace and strength to overcome those things in your life that you wish to overcome. I don't know about you, but I LOVE peace and when I first asked Christ into my heart, that was the one thing I remember most about the experience. I was flooded with a great sense of peace.