Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt |
We’re living in God’s world, whether we admit it or not.
Imagine your best friend calling to say that he had two tickets. Before he could continue, your imagination runs wild: front row seats for an NBA game, backstage at a rock concert, the latest movie, or plane tickets? As you brace yourself for a great surprise, he blurts out that he has two tickets to a Russian Nobel laureate in Physics who will be speaking at the local university. You can feel the air go out of all four tires, but you decide to tag along, as your friend will not take no for an answer.
For an hour, you listen to the great Russian professor. He talks endlessly and shows numerous slides. At the end of his talk, there is thoughtful applause and then you plan your escape. As you and your friend head home, you realize that you understood nothing the man said. Neither of you can pronounce his name and certainly there was nothing in his intense discussion of subatomic particles that you understood. Yet, you would never suggest that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. You would admit that your knowledge is lacking and that the man is a certified genius.
One of the many reasons people don’t believe in God is because things don’t make sense. There was some Harvard professor who used to show slides of badly disfigured babies after birth, and then ask how there could be a God in a world where such things come into existence. People look at the righteous suffering or the evil becoming fabulously wealthy and conclude that there can be no God in the world. This approach to life is much like children with their parents: if you give me everything I want, I love you. But if you deny me a........