Just for fun, I Googled “What does the human mind need?” There was no definitive answer. In fact, none of the dozens of links I saw even address the question.
So I tried “The human mind cries out for…”. Again, nothing.
So does the human mind cry out for facts and reason? Makes sense to me. I’m sure it cries out for more than that, but let’s stick with these two and move on to the bottom statement in this graphic (which I found on an atheist website).
I’m a man of faith, but I certainly want nothing to do with “religion” (here’s why: http://wp.me/p2wzRb-eu). So does having faith in God and Jesus of Nazareth — who many people believe is the son of God — act as a pacifier?
Sadly, the answer for some Jesus followers is yes. But for most, the answer is absolutely NO. We see the world for how it truly is — broken, in desperate need of help. And we do our best to help, by going on trips to aid people in developing nations, by financially supporting aid organizations like Samaritan’s Purse, by asking our political leaders to do the right thing.
In other words, we strive, in our horribly imperfect way, to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Why? because “God loved the world [and that means EVERYONE IN IT] so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.” That’s from one of the four original-source biographies of Jesus’ physical life on earth. Serious Jesus followers believe this, so if God loves everyone, then followers of His Son should, too.
Let’s move on to the human heart. What does it need? I don’t think I’m off-base when I write that the hearts of most people need love, acceptance and a sense of purpose. Our hearts need forgiveness — for the wrong things we’ve done and for the right things we’ve failed to do. Our hearts need community — the sense that we’re not alone in whatever joy or misery we are experiencing.
Do hearts get these things from family and friends? Certainly. But friends drift away. Families become separated by emotions or geography and, inevitably, death. From power and money? Only for a relatively short time. Sex? Same thing. Boats, mansions, 100-inch TV screens, Vegas vacations and Ferraris? It won’t take long for most people to become bored of them.
So what’s left? Who can offer us absolutely unconditional love? Where can we get a sense of purpose that’s real and won’t change? How can we achieve a sense of community around something more important than wine-tasting, cruise ship vacations or extreme sports? And where can we get unconditional forgiveness?
I believe a relationship with Jesus is the answer to every one of those needs. God offers Jesus as a gift to you and me. When you accept that gift, with sincere seriousness, you open the door to God changing you, from the inside out. For the better. So you can join me in being an imperfect ambassador for Jesus in a broken world.
And when this life is over, Jesus’ sacrificial death on a cross wipes away all the wrong things we’ve done and all the right things we’ve failed to do. So God sees you and me the way He sees Jesus: perfect in every way. And from there, we are welcome to spend eternity with Jesus.
Interested? Post your thoughts below and let’s have a conversation.
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I agree with most of it. The one part I cannot agree with is the requirement for Jesus (the belief) in order to be a good person and to love one another.
You know, love didn’t start with the birth of Christ any more than hate and violence. One does not require belief in a superstition to be good. Does that make sense?
Thanks for reading and commenting, Dorian.
Two things:
1. Love didn’t start with the birth of Christ. Love started with His father.
2. How good is good enough, Dorian?
If we want peace of mind and be successful what we do, we have to do good deeds which everybody says good because human beings brain is made in such a way that it differentiates between right and wrong.
Secondly, we have to work to earn money. Nobody will give us money without doing some work not even Jesus because nature who made this world intended this way. For example, if I earn money, I get it, if I eat, it will fill my stomach nobody else’s. In other words, I get what I do and you get what you do; this is nature telling us loudly, if we listen to it.
There is only one nature or creator who created all this universe because laws governing this universe are the same everywhere. Since we get what we do so we must do good deeds for our selves and praise the creator who created such a beautiful world and made us humans and blessed us with everything which we cannot deny.