It can be good to be reminded of the obvious

Do you ever have times when you just miss the obvious?

It can be staring you in the face, but for some reason it just passes you by.

It can be like the man who, when asked to move a car, went to the back of the car and tried to push it. Only to find it wouldn’t move.

It would have been so much more effective if he first took the hand brake off and put it into neutral instead of leaving it it gear.

He could have even gone go the front of the car instead of the back so that he would have been pushing it down hill instead of up. The car was parked on a hill facing upwards and he was only asked to move the car, he wasn’t told which direction to move it.

He could have even sat in the drivers seat and turned the key (which was in the ignition) and then just driven it.

Hopefully our moments of missing the obvious are not as bad as the above, but we can all have them.

So what can we do to try to not miss the obvious?

Possibly remind ourselves of the obvious.

As a Christian some of the obvious I need to remind myself of are below.

God is real!
He is an actual real person who does exist.
He’s not some made up fantasy figure, who only exists in stories and people’s imagination.
He is truly real and has an impact on everything, whether we see it or not.

God LOVES us!
HE LOVES us with a LOVE that is everlasting.
HIS LOVE for us will not fade, perish or spoil.
HIS very nature is LOVE and HE DOES LOVE us with an everlasting LOVE!

We have messed up.
We have got things wrong, and have gone our own way.
We have effectively turned our backs to God and tried to do things our way.
We have fallen short of the glory of God, we have all turned to our own ways.

The consequence of turning away from God is eternal separation from God.
This is a big problem for us, as separation from God means separation from all that is good.
The technical term for this is Hell. An eternal existence in Hell.

God is not happy with this, and has put in place a rescue plan.
God has sent His son, Jesus, into the world so that all who call on Him will be saved.

Those who acknowledge and accept Jesus, as Lord and Saviour can now come to God with no fear of condemnation.
The way is open to enter into our Father’s house with confidence, because of what He has done for us.

I have accepted His offer of a rescue plan and I have asked Jesus into my heart and life. My all that I have.
Because of this, I can now enter into the presence of my Heavenly Father.

These are some of the main obvious things that I remind myself of, so that I can, and do look to Jesus and the Father for all that I need.

I understand that some people do not agree with me with these beliefs, but for me, they are not just beliefs, but truths.
They are the truths that mean that I can know God in a real and meaning full way.

One example of this knowing God in a meaning full way, is this very post you are reading now.

I woke up this morning not knowing quite what to do.
I felt the pull of a computer game vying for my attention. I didn’t really want to play the game, but it was calling.
So I asked God, please give me something more meaning full to do.
I was then reminded of this post that I had started, but then stalled on.
I have now since spent my time on something that is useful and will hopefully bless someone, instead of just wandering through an imaginary land that just occupies my time. I’ll just save that for another time when it is right to do so, and try to not be too absorbed by it.

In short, God heard me and gave me something better to do.
This time I managed to hear it, and act upon the thought that was given.

God is Good, all the time.
And all the time… God is Good!

Father,
Thank you that You are real.
Thank you that You care about me.
Thank you for giving me this to write, instead of unplugging my brain and plugging into a game.
Help me and everyone to see and hear you that much better, so that we can all follow your ways, that much better.
Our Lord God Almighty.
Amen.