I watched a movie with the family this past weekend, and it got me thinking about the world today and what we can do to make a difference.
First let me tell you about the movie. I’m sure many of you have watched it already, or if you haven’t, I would highly recommend it. The movie is God’s Not Dead. It’s about a young Christian man in college and a conflict with a professor. The professor at the beginning of the class wants all the students to write on a piece of paper that “God is dead" and sign it. This young man struggles with this and won’t do it The professor challenges the student to change his and the other students mind and prove that God’s not dead. That is all I will tell you about the movie in case you have not had a chance to see it.
Now, on to the world today and all that is going on. What can we do to prove that God is not dead? It starts with realizing that many people truly believe that there is no God and that is why bad things happen. We need to change that and let people know that God is not dead, and one of the greatest gifts He gave us was free will.
If there was no God, then would there be a right and wrong moral compass? I think not. He set the standard and gave us the choice to follow or not. Which brings me back to what we can do to prove that God is not dead.
The easy thing is to continue to be Knights and show what we are about: the men in blue. We are strong and can continue to lead by example! We should be like the young man in the movie. When challenged about our faith, we should not waver, but accept the challenge, defend our faith, and prove that God is real.
I know that sometimes I don’t have the confidence in myself to defend my beliefs, but that doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t try. All it takes is listening to that voice in your heart and let the Holy Spirit guide you. Many of you are much better at finding the right words or able to quote scripture passages off the top of your head. This is great, but if you are like me, the words don’t come that quickly and you need time to process ideas.
The main thing I want to get across is to continue to help form our youth in the faith, and slowly we can change the perception that God is dead. So, I have a challenge for you: the next time someone dumps on faith or religion, stand up and defend your beliefs.
Together we can change the world.
God Bless,
Jim Wiegers
He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. He remembers his covenant forever, the word that he commanded. -- Psalm 105:7-8
