ABSOLUTES

Do absolutes still exist?

I've always been intrigued by the Biblical statement that the promises of God are "Yea and Amen."

God's attitude toward us is "I'm for you." He wants to be a positive force for good in our lives. Unconverted people spend an awful lot of time saying "No" to God. Like they are protecting some valuable treasure from Ghenghis Khan or something.

In reality, they are keeping some old smelly garbage in a back room of their minds and they don't have a clue as to the rotten odor permeating their lives. But, folks who have encountered God along the way and have become a part of His family are more than happy to have Him open the doors and windows and throw the smelly old garbage out.

In dealing with God there is only "Yes" or "No." There are no "maybe's," no "Yes, buts," no "wait a minute God." It is all "Yes" or "No." It is always, "Today is the day of salvation." It is always, "Now is the accepted time."

Why in the world does it take so long for us to just say Yes to God? As time passes I find that it gets easier and easier to say Yes and Yes and Yes. How can you fight with the guy who owns the universe? Can you imagine an ant looking up at you and mouthing the words, "You can't step on me?"

The other day I read again a scripture passage saying that God spoke the worlds into existence, and that they are sustained and upheld by his Word. Have you ever thought about God's "speaking" the worlds into existence? Do you think he used a whisper? Or, if he shouted a "creation command" into the blackness, how loud would God's voice be to create a sun, a star, a universe? Would you like to be on the receiving end when God spoke a universe into being?

Remember when Jesus was asked by the frightened disciples to take care of the storm-tossed boat on the Sea of Galilee; Jesus got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Same stuff as creation: God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit speak, and the creation trembles and obeys. And, puny weak mankind keeps on thumbing our collective noses at the creator of the universe while hiding our garbage pile and pretending that it is some great treasure.

Absolutes aren't what they used to be. At least we pretend that they aren't. When in college we used to play around with the idea that a rabbit who kept jumping only one half the distance toward a goal line would never reach the goal. Or, whether "2 + 2 = 4" was really true when using "higher" math. Or, whether you morally could lie to the German Gestapo in order to protect escapees from the Auschwitz death camp.

But God is not a man that he should lie. He is "Yes," and he expects a "Yes" from his creation. I have a hard time under standing how in the world we can tell God, either in person or by our actions, to mind his own business.

You see, we are his business.