Dear Atheists, Pagans and Unbelievers,
WHAT IF THERE REALLY IS
A GOD?!
Have you ever stopped to consider, to ask, to probe, to
ponder, to enquire, to check, to ascertain, to assess, to ask, to question – “IS
THERE REALLY A GOD?!” have you ever stopped to wonder what the hullaballoo
about an Almighty God is really all about?
In businesses, and the military (indeed in life as a whole)
once in a while we are advised to stop and take a RISK ASSESSMENT.
It entails weighing the pros and cons of purported or particular actions and
making a clear evaluation on its viability in relation to an expected result. For
example in business, a responsible businessman will take what is known as
FEASIBILITY STUDIES to enquire and ascertain the viability and risks involved
in a business or venture he plans to embark on. Also in the military, a good
general or military personnel will not ‘okay’ a military operation or exercise
until he has evaluated the risks and resources that will be involved. He will
take note of any contingencies and collateral damage that could arise from the
operation as well as its direct effects on the lives of his men. It is a known
fact that the development of UAVs (Un-manned Aerial Vehicles, popularly known
as DRONE) came up because the United States army and indeed the armies in a
number of developed countries took into serious consideration, the factors
discussed above and came to the conclusion that in order ‘fight a good fight’
and reduce loss of ‘friendly life’ and property, the best option was to come up
with a device which would penetrate into enemy territory un-manned and unnoticed,
take out its intended target and return back to base with minimum or no damage
done to their own lives or property. Behold the DRONES were born. A highly
developed drone can travel from one corner of the earth to the other, pin-point
enemy target from over 50,000ft above sea level, lock-in on same target and
deliver a good dose of AGMs (Air-to-Ground Missiles). BOOM! “Enemy down,
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!” Meanwhile some thousands of miles from the scene of
carnage are two young pilots, seated behind a screen, joy stick in hands, soft
drinks on the table and a commanding general behind. Main point – everyone wants
and needs to protect their own. Everyone wants to LIVE… Everyone wants to be on
the SAFE SIDE!
But then dear reader, ARE YOU REALLY ON THE SAFE SIDE? Are
you sure you’re SAFE?!
This article was inspired by an incident/conversation which took
place in a bus I took from my city to London. As we departed from Bradford, our
coach stopped at Leeds where some more passengers joined us before the non-stop
journey to the commercial-political capital of Great Britain! At the Leeds
station, a young British lady of about the same age boarded and came straight
to take seat near me. Long story short, we started talking almost immediately,
our bus left the station then began a life changing exposition for her and me!
I will try to replicate the conversation that took place between us (the ones
important to this article)!
After initial exchange of pleasantries, experiences, stories
and philosophies, then came my favourite part-
Me: Are you a Christian?
Girl: Oh no actually, I’m atheist!
Me: (not shocked since they constituted a vast amount of the
population in the UK) kies… wow!
Girl: Why ‘WOW’?
Me: Nothing really love, it’s just funny that you don’t believe
in the fact that you were created. You instead
chose to believe you evolved
from MONKEYS!
Girl: YES! There is no God and no one created anything! We
all evolved from monkeys!
Me: I didn’t!
Girl: Yes you did!
Me: Didn’t!
Girl: Yes you did!
Me: Ma’am, how about this, since I believe there is a God
and you don’t, let’s put it this way – I was created by an Almighty Living God
while you evolved from Monkeys! Fair?
Girl: NO!
Me: No what?
Girl: *SILENCE*
Me: (ignoring her confusion and LOLing, I continued) it’s
funny to think that a beautiful girl like you evolved from Monkeys o!
Girl: I did not originate from monkeys…
Me: (cutting her short) but that’s what you just SAAIIIIID!
Girl: (cutting me short) Okay… so why do you believe in God?
Me: Hmmm… well you see, I love to be on the SAFE SIDE!
Girl: Like how?
Me: (now taking a deep breath and calling on the Holy
Spirit, I continued) Well you see my dear, firstly, I don’t believe that I
evolved from a Monkey! Secondly I don’t believe that billions of years ago
because some several millions atoms were bored with their lives, they decided
to bang themselves together and create the Earth – FOUL NONSENSE! How come not
only the Earth was created in that BANG but billions of other species of
diverse plants and animals? Then some years later, a Chimpanzee decided to
stand on his two feet, years later stretch his back, another years later barb
all his hair off, another years later shorten his arms, another years later re-shape
his head to look like mine, another years later re-shape his feet to look like
mine, another years later give himself the gift of speech, years later give
himself the gift of language and most of all years later give himself the gift
of LOVE! We humans have been around for the past million years, why for
goodness sake have we not ‘evolved’ into something else?! Or did your ancestor
the Chimpanzee tell your ancestors the ‘homo-erectus’ to stop evolving when he
got to ‘homo-sapiens’?! (By this time, I was getting vexed in the spirit. The whole
theory of evolution was ARRANT NONSENSE, mixed with BULLOCKS, fried in the OIL
OF RUBBISH!) [I continued…] My dear, let me tell you why I believe in
God. To be honest they are numerous, but I will list a few:
- The story of an Almighty, Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God, creating me in His own image and likeness is far easier and better to believe and understand than evolution.
- The Holy Book of this same Almighty God says He sent His son – JESUS CHRIST to come and die for my sins, if not I would probably not be here today because He may have wiped out humanity a long time ago.
- This same Holy book states clearly that as a result of this great sacrifice His son paid, He (Jesus) will be coming back to this earth again to take to His Kingdom, those who worship and serve Him with all their mind, body, soul and Spirit.
- It states that those who would be ‘Left Behind’ will suffer so I’d rather believe in Him, then if He comes, He takes me with Him or if He doesn’t come, at least I lived a good life on Earth! It’s better than not believing at all then He comes and I stand shocked and surprise with my mouth agape when people around me start disappearing.
You see my dear; I have suffered enough on this Earth. I have
no plans to suffer for eternity without end. I reject ‘Aluta-Continua’ which
I believe means, “The struggle continues”!
Girl: (Laughing out loud now, she said…) But then, I refuse to
accept that there is a ‘Big Uncle’ somewhere just looking and watching. How can
you tell me that a God has a Son and that Son died for me and that Son is
coming to collect me again?!
Me: My dear, I don’t know how else to tell you but what I
know is this; I have seen Him (The Lord God Almighty) in action. I have with my
own eyes seen blind people regain their sight at the mention of His great name –
JESUS! I have seen paralysed people holding up their crutches after regaining
their legs at the mention of this same great name! I have seen the deaf here,
the dumb speak and even two dead persons come back to life at the mention of
this great name – JESUS! Now love, let me ask you a question… what if as we are
talking now, the Trumpet blows, Jesus descends from the sky and I disappear from
your side?
Girl: Then, I will believe!!!
At this point, I turned my face away from her to the window,
trying to suppress a tear that had come to my eyes. Here is this young lady, waiting
for the end, to believe there ever was a beginning! I could not suppress the
tear. It came down freely then two things stated in the Word of God came to my
mind… where it said the Devil had seared their hearts with hot iron and where
it also stated that some people from the foundation of the world were destined
to not see the Kingdom of God. I mustered all the strength I could and told her:
Me: It will be TOO LATE!!! (Then I turned my head and
fell into a deep sleep. I woke later when she tapped me to tell me we were in
London).
My dear friend, be you a Moslem, Buddhist, Atheist or of any
other religion, what really would it take from you to lead a SAFE LIFE? To be
on the SAFE SIDE?! WHAT?! Hairs won’t fall of your head, neither will price of
sugar will increase in the market! Will you not stop and ask yourself, what if
really these Big Guys will come back? What if really there will be a reign of
fire on the world? What if really at some point in time, I will die and my soul
will answer to the way I lived my life on Earth?! What if really, there is a
GOD and He is coming back?!
At the end of our journey, the young British lady was about
to disembark from the bus, she turned to me and said: “God bless you!” WAAAAAT!
I couldn’t believe my ears! All the sleep flew from my eyes and I couldn’t utter
one more word. I just stared at her come down from the bus and walk into the
station, with my mouth agape! Whether she had begun to realise the existence of
an Almighty, I will never know, only God knows! I have since returned to my
country and it’s been three weeks since this happened. If God touched her and
softened her heart, I really don’t know but I know from experience, He always
only needs a vessel to perform something great!
Its 6:42am in the morning. I can see the break of dawn from
my seat and I know, someone up there watched over me while I slept. He is GOD
and God alone!
Be on the SAFE SIDE and ACCEPT HIM TODAY!!!
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