Do we lie when we talk about God?
I live in my head a lot and it is one of my most comfortable places. Sometimes I'll day dream, run wild on imagination or go down a rabbit hole on a thought that is plaguing my mind. Today was one of such days and I just started a thought that went on and on.
I have seen myriads of conversations on social media that includes statements like “do not believe everything you read, some of these people go to bed in tears every night”, “nobody ever tells you the full story, so don’t tie your life to it” and more like it. I will be amused if you are reading this and have never encountered such.
These statements are not essentially lies, as these scenarios some times happen to people. What puzzles me is why we seem to derive some measure of comfort knowing that not everything is rosy for everyone. Does it give credence to the statement “misery loves company” or does it create a new statement “there is relief in knowing I am a little better off”.
This line of thought then produced a statement in my head “When we talk about God, it does not always mean we speak only from a place of satisfaction. We also speak from the place of pain, trials and endurance”.
Have you ever being in conversations or read something somewhere that seems to suggest that the way you speak about God must mean you have not gone through any of life’s harsh realities? Has anyone responded to your moments of joy or optimism with statements like “you haven’t seen life, that is why you are still talking this way”.
This write up is to encourage and advice you not to let the weight of people’s experiences in life drag you down and muddle your beliefs in God.
We do not only speak about God when He does things that make us glad. Sometimes our testimony of God may not be that He rescued us from the fire but that He remained consistent even in the fire. Sometimes our testimony is that He didn’t leave us alone in the storm.
We recon that God is who He is by nature and has been consistent over time. Our experiences prove this truth and it shapes our perspective and knowledge of God.
So is God only God when He does mighty, supernatural things? Is God still God when He remains consistent and true to His nature despite our expectations of Him? Is God only good when we like His ways? do we lie when we talk about God?
Well, I don’t and I hope you are confident in who God is in spite of your experiences.
Lots of Love
Eva.
