For may years I have enjoyed writing puppet skits and puppet stories. Sometimes it is a lot of work and I wonder how or why I should keep going and then I start letting my imagination and go and, well, sometimes it is as if the characters themselves, the ones that I created come to life and start telling me what to do like happened recently.
While I was working
on series of lessons for Genesis and writing a puppet story for the
first one, I was thinking about which of my puppet characters was the
most bossy when low and behold, Stella turned up. “STOP!!! Stop
everything.” She yelled at me, “This puppet story is over,
done,finished, kaput.”
“What?” I
asked looking around for her, “What are you talking about?” “Your
position here has been terminated.” She responded as she peered
over the computer monitor at me. “It is ended, finished, YOU are
fired.” she continued. “You can't do that!” I said staring
back at her. “I can and I am.” She said back to me. “From now
on I am in charge here. Now get out of here.”
“Alright Stella
Peterson!” I said, “Just who gave you the right to come in here
and take over my lesson writing?” “I did!” she snapped back at
me “And from now on everyone will obey me and only me.” “Just
who do you think you are?” I asked and of course she answered in a
typical Stella way, “You can call me god.” she said.
“I don’t think
so.” I told her, “There is but one God and you are not Him.”
“Not anymore.” She quipped back, “And if God wants to argue
about it I’ll make Him miserable.” “So, you really think your
god.” I said. “No!” she responded, “I know I am god and from
now on what ever I say goes, and you go. Now get out of here.”
I couldn't let her
get away with being so bossy so I told her “No, and you can't make
me.” “Yes I can.” She snapped back. “How?” I asked “Well,
well,” she stammered, “For starters I'll, I'll erase all your
puppet stories from your computer. And then I'll get my dog Ralph to
chase you away.” “You don't have a dog named Ralph.” I
reminded her but that didn't stop her. “Then I’ll get one. A
big, ugly, ferocious one.” she said.
“Why don’t you
make one?” I asked her “After all,” I said, “If you are god
than you should be able to make one right here and now out of
nothing.” “Yeah right.” she snorted when I said that. “I
tell you what, Stella.” I said as I stared into her eyes, “You
just go home and forget about trying to be God.” “And what if I
don’t?” she asked. “If you don't,” I told her, “I'll send
my son Aaron after you.”
“Do you mean that
Aaron, that over six foot tall Arron standing behind you?” she
asked. And then she looked at me and said “I'll let you win this
time but I'll be back.” and then she left with a sinister laugh,
and I woke up.
Romans 1:20 states
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His
eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being
understood through what has been made, so that they are without
excuse. (NASB) There are those who claim there is no God, or if
there is a God we can't know Him and yet He does exist and we can
know He exists and who He is but, even then we may choose not to
believe as many have. Some may say that if they only had more
evidence they would believe but would they?
The Israelites had
just received a miraculous delivery from Egypt, the ten commandments
in person and yet.... When the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together
to Aaron and said to him, "Up, make us gods who shall go before
us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of
Egypt, we do not know what has become of him." So Aaron said to
them, "Take off the rings of gold that are in the ears of your
wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." So
all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and
brought them to Aaron. And he received the gold from their hand and
fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they
said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of
the land of Egypt!" When Aaron saw this, he built an altar
before it. And Aaron made proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall
be a feast to the LORD." And they rose up early the next day
and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the
people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. And the LORD
said to Moses, "Go down, for your people, whom you brought up
out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have
turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have
made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and
sacrificed to it and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who
brought you up out of the land of Egypt!' "
Exodus
32:1-8 (ESV)
They witnessed God
and His power first hand and still they chose to gather their gold
and make a calf and worship it, claiming it to be God.
Genesis 1:1 starts
“In the beginning God.” It doesn't try to prove His existence, it
just says He is. The Bible goes on to tells us about God and who He
is … It tells us in:
- Isaiah 43:10-12 "You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me. I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior. I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and I am God. (ESV)
- John 4:24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." (ESV)
- 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. (ESV)
- Psalm 119:68 You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. (HCSB)
- 1 John 4:8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (ESV)
- Joshua 24:19 Then Joshua said to the people, "You will not be able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins. (NASB)
- Hebrews 12:29 for our God is a consuming fire. (ESV)
The list goes on
and one day we will see Him if we want to believe it or not. In the
mean time...
Here's Something
To Ponder
- What are the real reasons for choosing not to believe in God?
- In what ways have you ever tried to lift yourself up as God?
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