List of paragraphs: 1) human and world mystery, 2) two ways of looking at the world, 3)human dichotomy 4) Phil 2:6-11 dichotomy of JC, 5) married to JC 2+3, 6) burden of mystery6) Take some time with God
1) Every human is a mystery, and the key to unlocking this mystery is God, their creator. See the mystery around you. It beckons and calls. The world as well, every tree and every office building, call out questions. Where do they come from and where do they go? Who created them and to what purpose do they strive?
2) [I suppose then, that there are at least two ways of looking at the world. One where everything has a purpose, got there for some reason, some cause, and another belief where it came about for no particular reason, except by chance and anomaly. For this post at least, I do not claim to provide any sort of argument either way, or to assume that you will accept the first view, but just to explain and enjoy the implications of the first.]
3) Who are these strange creatures that walk upon the ground, unpredictable, sometimes disgustin and messed up, somehow beautiful beyond comphrehension at the same time (fractals :) )? They are the work of the unseen God, with "honor enough to raise the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth...be content." - Aslan.
We are created in the image of the the unseen God, yet messed up. Sinners deserving of death, yet given life, marriage to the one God, he who created all that is. Christ himself, our model, the first to go before us, humbled himself, even to death on a cross, and then was exalted to the right hand of the father.
4) "Jesus,[a] 6(K) who, though he was in(L) the form of God, did not count equality with God(M) a thing to be grasped, 7but(N) made himself nothing, taking the form of a(O) servant,[b](P) being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by(Q) becoming obedient to the point of death,(R) even 6) death on a cross. 9(S) Therefore(T) God has(U) highly exalted him and bestowed on him(V) the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus(W) every knee should bow,(X) in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and(Y) every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is(Z) Lord, to the glory of God the Father." - Philippians 2:6-11.
5) So if we are married to Christ (Eph 5:23), we too go through the same process. We are co-heirs with him (Rom 8:17). We are also different from him, in that we have sinned.
6) Anyway, again back to mystery. I thought of this because I was complaining that God was not very evident in the world, and that is true if you count that all things exist independently of God. The world exists, that tree and building, and you take that as a given without God, and then how does that require God to exist in any way? Why on earth should I beleive in God if I can't see him?
Look for meaning, look for purpose. In most movies today, everything you see means something and connects to the plot, many insignificant objects or events become important later on in the plot.
Again there are tow ways of looking at the world, either it was made for a purpose or it wasn't. Look at everything around you right now. Consider anything you see and ask if it has a reason for being there. Look back at your life, and ask the same of anything that happened to you (In many cases I expect that this second thing will bring up pain and questioning why some things had to happen. True. I don't deny these. I don't have a solid answer, but I personally trust Gods plan for me and wait for an explanation later.)
7) Things are made for purposes, things happen for purposes. Know this and look out upon a wide savanna or the seashore and think of God showing his splendor through these things...
Take some time with God and enjoy his presence.
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