Whose Thoughts are Really Right?

There are an innumerable amount of world views and thoughts floating around in our generation. How do we really know which one is right? Do they all have some truth to them or is there really a right way to view the world and live our lives? Do we make up our own reality and morality or does someone/something else?

It is a very popular opinion in our generation to believe in a truth that is relative. How many times have your heard, “To each his own” or “as long as it works for you, that’s great!”? Is it really great though? Is everyone’s way of life acceptable?

I hear this same line of thinking being applied to God. Many say that whatever you believe about God is true for you. Is it really though? Think about it for a minute… Could the God of the universe, the creator of everything, really be determined by the line of thinking of the created being? It doesn’t seem quite possible that God is just whatever we make Him out to be or that he changes with each generations’ differing thoughts of Him.

Every one of us tries to fit God into the box that is our minds at some point. We do it because He is safe there. If God is in the box of our thoughts then we will always understand Him and can always rationalize what He does. But we can’t always do that because God does not fit in the minuscule box that is our mind. He even says to us through His Holy Word:

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts.” -Isaiah 55:9 (emphasis added)

Despite this, we often blame God when we do not understand why He does things. We want to be able to rationalize Him at all times so when we can’t do it, He must have messed up somewhere. Maybe he overlooked a couple pieces of His plan and screwed it up a little. But we could not be more wrong in thinking this way. We are the ones that do not see the whole picture. God does not fit in our small rational thinking boxes and His justice is far higher than ours could ever be.

Francis Chan is writing a book about Hell and gives an encouraging word on what our thoughts should be as we address truths brought up in Scripture. Hope you’re encouraged by it!