Rebecca Goldstein's book, “The Mattering Instinct,” has excavated an essential truth and a perplexing question.
When I was in university, we studied the psychology of the soul and philosophy for the mind. We examined both the physical and metaphysical realms of reality. This college curriculum aimed to provide a reason for life and a guide to living it to the fullest. From ancient philosophers to modern psychologists, the goal has been to find a reason why man matters.
If we simply live in a closed universe that has no creator and therefore no ultimate meaning, then all we are is dust in the wind, and the question is, “Why man?” Cur Homo? However, for Christians who are committed to a theistic worldview, the real question is “Why did God become man?” Cur deus homo?
We are made in the image and likeness of God. The only true and wise God is Love, and as such, He loves us. And even in our rebellion against Him and our rejection of Him, He chose not to reject us but to seek and save the lost.
If you have been a Christian for a long time, you sometimes can forget this basic fact or take it for granted. Perhaps the power of God’s grace and mercy has lost its proper place in your memory. Remember it again, as for the first time.
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Until He comes for us, Fred | 