After reading through this website you may still have many questions about Jesus. You may not believe in Him and what He has done for you. That’s OK. Things like this take time.
Some people have a hard time believing in God. Their mind creates all sorts of reasons why God doesn’t exist. But the first thing that one needs to find out about their disbelief in God is, what is this disbelief based on? Is it based on a thorough examination of the issue? Have people given God a chance to show himself in their lives? Or is the disbelief based on an unwillingness to follow God’s rules?
God wants us to live our lives in a certain way. He wants us to avoid sin so that he can draw us close to him. Because we are sinful by nature, we are drawn to sinful things. Even though we know these things are wrong. The Bible says that God’s laws are written in our hearts. We know what this means. This is our conscience. We know when we have done things wrong but the world, our society, our friends, and Satan tempt us to follow our sinful nature instead.
So, is a person’s disbelief in God based on true disbelief or a dissatisfaction with the rules God wants us to live by? Do people, therefore, eliminate the rules by eliminating the rule maker? If there is no God, then there are no rules from God. If there are no rules from God then we as individuals or as a society can make up the rules we want. Because we are sinful, we tend to make up rules that condone or at least allow for our sins.
But what about God’s laws written on our hearts? Of course, they are still there. We can feel them when we do things wrong. We can feel them when we say we don’t believe in God. This is where our mind comes in. We have given ourselves lots of ammunition for our brain to use to override our heart. We try to explain away God. However, we can’t explain away his presence in our lives.
Take this example: If someone were to hand you a gun and tell you that there is a 98% chance that there is no bullet in the chamber, would you put the gun to your head and pull the trigger? Not many of us would. If the person that handed us the gun kept trying to convince us that it was perfectly safe; that 98% is a very high percentage; would we pull the trigger? Given the consequences we most likely wouldn’t. We can feel that something is wrong with this situation. We can feel that we are in danger. We would at least want to examine the gun and find out if there was a bullet in it or not.
Given the consequences of dying without accepting God’s forgiveness of our sins, shouldn’t we at least examine God’s forgiveness more? If you say that you don’t believe in God or Jesus, you should be more certain about that than any other thing in your life. You should be more sure about it than you are about the sun rising in the east or they sky being blue. Because if you’re wrong about God you will have an eternity to contemplate the truth.
Thankfully, God promised to help us find out about him. God said that if we admit that we’ve done things wrong in our lives, that we’re not perfect, and that we want him to come into our lives; he will. He promised that he will enter into our lives. That we will feel his presence in our lives and see his works in the things we do. All we have to do is ask.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.
If you want to find out if God exists, if there really is a God that created the universe and one that loves you more than you can ever imagine; start by saying this prayer:
Dear God, I’m not sure if you exist or not. I confess that I am lacking faith. But if you are real and you do care about me, I want to know. If there is life after this one and I am to be held accountable for my actions, then I want to know about the salvation that you have made available to me.
I’m sorry for the things I’ve done wrong. I want to stop doing them because I know that’s what you want. Please enter into my life. I will open my heart and mind to You. I want to know if you are there. I want you in my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
That’s it. Keep praying. Stop doing the things that you know are wrong (be honest with yourself). These are the things that keep you separated from God. You will find that as you start doing the things that God wants to you to do, you will physically feel more of God’s presence in your life. And if you should find yourself falling back into sin, you will feel that separation growing again. This is a very direct sign that God is real, present, and can be more present in your life.
When you see things, that seem like coincidences, starting to happen all around you, don’t dismiss them or try to explain them away. At some point too many coincidences stop being coincidences. Keep an open mind and an open heart. God will reveal Himself to you.