Wednesday, November 07, 2012

THE PARTING OF THE RELIGIOUS SEA

Many don't care.  Many do.  Some are energized while others are annoyed. 

I speak of religion.

Questions abound.  Answers are equally abundant.  True, however, we who are bent toward some label of faith can be presumptous and quite contentious.

Mankind is flooded by a religious sea overflowing and out of its banks.  From the East or from the West, from prophets to popes, and from writings, to cards, to stars, all cultures are drowning in a perpetual flood of tugging and straining concepts.

Everyone has an opinion; even if it is that they have no opinion.

Striving for truth can sound efficient...and could be most resourceful.  In many cases, like in my own, we the public can be guilty of blurring the simplicity and beauty of God with personal bias.  Political has become a mark of religion every bit as much as authentic faith.  There is God...and then there are agendas.  The best of us strain to keep the two separate.

I am learning that only one thing parts the religious sea effectively as well as accurately.  It is the name Jesus.  It is not the names of branded churches.  Neither is it the parade of noble and good works.  It is the name of Jesus.

Yes, I might even be biased in this conclusion.  Well, I am biased and I'll tell you why.  No other name lived among men, died, and rose again.  None.  Jesus defeated death while delivering life.

Jesus parts the religious sea of arrogance, favoritism, and ignorance.  We followers may blur the scenery; but Jesus can hold his own without us.  If he would be the one lifted up it just could be that all men would be drawn to him.  He would and could part the religious sea...if we will let him.

"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." Jn. 12:32

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