Here and Now

Looking back at the Bible it's easy to think, that was then, but we are living in the ‘here and now’. The people of the Bible lived in a completely different culture and world. They had no automobiles, airplanes, computers, televisions, cell phones, or electricity; and they believed the earth was flat. Obviously, mankind has made great progress in two thousand years.  

But instead of looking back to discredit the Bible or to look just at the here and now to celebrate the progress of man, we should look up to see the eternal truth of God.  

We see that even though our technology and cultures have developed we are still as dependent upon God as ever before. Mankind still needs food and water and air to breathe. We still need sleep and protection from diseases, sickness, the environment, and predators. Man is still finite and confined to the parameters of space and time. And most of all, we are mortal, our lives are temporary on this earth.

The ‘here and now’ is significant indeed but mankind needs answers to the ultimate questions of life. We need to look past our present moment to find the source of life and the purpose for living. We should look up to see timeless truths that are just as true for us as they were for the people of long ago. We may even find that they were more advanced than we are in some ways.

FAITH TODAY: John 6:68, "Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."