Turning to God - 2 Sam. 1-2 & Luke 14:1-24

To the best of my thinking, much of what keeps people from God is a lack of humility. I don't really think there are many people who think they have better answers for how the world began or why the world exists. I just think most people want to live life their way. So they choose to claim that they don't believe or that they're not into organized religion because they don't want to submit to Someone. I think God makes clear through the natural order that He exists. I think there are truly very few people who don't believe in Him. But the human ego is something...it is perhaps one of Satan's greatest tools.

In Luke 14 Jesus talks about humility and the need to respond when God invites you. Jesus uses parables to talk about these things, because this discussion obviously riles (sp?) people up. Nobody wants to admit that they are too prideful to bow down to God. It reminds me of the feminist movement. Many women in the midst of wanting to advance women's rights have messed up some wonderful things women had going for them. Likewise, when humans try to live by their conceived truths instead of the Truth they make a mess of their life.

If we would just humble ourselves and obey Him life would be so much easier (and the evening news would be a lot happier!).