Overcoming Our Nature

We don't have to look far to see that we humans sometimes have a difficult time getting along together. It's on all levels of living, from the family to the nation state, from culture to culture and religion to religion. Even in our own churches we have a need to improve our relations. There sometimes seems to be as many different opinions, likes and dislikes , as there are numbers of people. From the beginning of human time this has been our problem. We do, however, have many things in common. Not the least of which is that our days are numbered in these skins we wear. Some will live less than a year, while others will live longer up to a bit more than 100 years. But this worldly life is finite. How do we deal with this expectation?

As Christians we have the Hebrew scriptures and the Gospel message of the New Testament to inform and guide us. Through His parables, miracles and other means, Jesus brought us God's Word that reveals our relationship with our Creator and how we are to live our lives in Him. As the beginning of John's Gospel says, "In the beginning was the Word.......and He was in the beginning with God." Moment by moment we must seek the answer to the question, "What is the Kingdom of God and what must we do in this life to understand and participate in a new and greater life in God through Christ and the Spirit of God? (Click Here: Related thoughts by Oswald Chambers)