I once heard a guy… let’s call him Wendell, explaining why
he refuses to become a follower of Christ.
“There are,” he said, “too many variations and options out
there.”
It is a common criticism leveled against many faiths. There are so many different varieties of
“Christian” how is a person to tell who is right?
It’s true that there are lots of denominations… stripes…
varieties and brands of religions, faiths and Christians out there. That this is sufficient reason to give up the
search for truth is perhaps a bit telling.
North Americans are lazy… We want it easy… This may be true
for other western cultures as well but North America is the one with which I am
most familiar.
People who lament that finding truth takes too much effort
have no desire to find it. We think it
should fall into our laps. We want to be
able to google ‘truth’ and get a single, tidy answer that fits nicely and
conveniently into our lives.
We don’t want to have to work or wrestle for it…
..but what if there is no short-cut?
If you want to become a great musician you have to work for
it…
If you want to be an excellent athlete you’ll have to work
at it… even if your goal is just to be the best athlete you can possibly
be. You may never qualify for Olympic
trials – that’s besides the point. Just
to be the best you can be requires effort.
If you want to become an effective communicator, dancer,
teacher, plumber…[fill in the blank] you have to work at it…
How is it that we get the whole need to “work for it” when
it comes to sports, employment and hobbies but think that something as
significant and important as truth should just fall into our laps?
The pursuit of truth is important! Treat it like it is!
My 2c...
