What Does It Mean?

 

What does it mean? To have a living God, you worship and pray to? To believe in a being that can give you eternal life after death? To have a God who can keep you safe and provide for you? What does believing in a living God existing who you worship mean?

So you are a God worshipper. You believe in a divine being of such ability you call it God. Perhaps you worship a Saviour or liberator. Perhaps the creator of the universe, from protons to galaxies. You pray. You believe you can go to God with your requests. You believe God may help.  This means you have a hero. A divine being that can come to your rescue. 

You believe God can give you eternal life after death, and you will live forever in another type of existing body. You believe eternal life is worthwhile because god punishes the wicked and rewards the righteous. This means your life has a happily ever after. Life is not over in a sorrowful farewell but goes on forever and forever, you believe. Life does not exist in a vacuum of space but inside the providence of God.

You believe God can keep you safe and provide for you. God is a great eternal king, with all that means at his command. You may be a newcomer to the kingdom, but you trust all will turn out well. Eventually, you will be in Heaven. This means you live a charmed life. You are not a subject of chance occurrences. No one can come into your life without God's attention. No one is getting away with anything.

Having a living God means miracles may happen. Having a living God means you are not against the world on your own; you have an advocate watching over you and yours. Having a living God in a fantasy novel or videogame means exceptional luck and powers are in use. Having a living God in life means just as much...