Why Don’t They Get It?

“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” (II Corinthians 4:4)

Thoughts… Why can’t people see what you see? Why can’t they look at a newborn baby or the majestic Rocky Mountains, or the Milky Way Galaxy on a clear starry night and bow their knee in worship to the awesome Creator who spoke these wonders into existence? Why don’t they understand that the moral law, which has guided the civilized world for millennia, is simply God’s loving roadmap back to himself, and to a life of blessing and prosperity? Why don’t they get that this amazing, miraculous, book we call the Bible is God’s irrefutable, authentic, inspired Word? Why do they have such a hard time accepting Jesus Christ as the truth, the life and the only way to the Father?

The answer is simple: The god of this world has blinded their minds.

What else would explain this can’t-miss deal they’re passing up? The truth of God stares people in the face every day, yet they don’t get it. The intricate wonder of creation shouts of a purposeful, intelligent Designer, yet they choose to believe somehow everything that exists just happened. The inexplicable complexity of human life melt their hearts at the birth of a child, yet that moment passes by without even so much as a, “great job on this one, God, thanks!” The existence of human personality replicated in billions upon billion lives, yet each as different as one snowflake is from another never begs the question, “How did this get here?” The God-shaped vacuum in their inner being never draws them to the God who alone can fill it.

The only reasonable explanation for such stubborn refusal to bow the knee in humble acceptance of a loving God is clear: The god of this age has blinded their minds.

But don’t lose heart! Your mind was once blinded, too. Yet somehow God’s love broke through and melted your heart. Someone said something to you and the light went on. Something happened in your life and suddenly you turned a corner and began to seek God. Some faithful person had been praying for you and at just the right time, the Holy Spirit softened your spirit and the God’s truth began to penetrate it.

So don’t give up on the close-minded people in your life. They might be as spiritually blind as a bat, but the last time I read the story of Jesus, he seemed to specialize in opening blind eyes!

If he opened yours, certainly they won’t be a problem! So keep praying, keep sharing, keep living out the truth, keep on being salt and light, and one of these days, maybe even today, God’s love and grace will break through and bring them to the same “aha” moment that turned your life upside down.

Prayer… Dear God, you are the Creator of all, the sovereign ruler of all that exists, and the Lord of my heart. I bow my knee in worship before you. Wonder and gratitude rise as praise from my lips. How blessed I am that you have opened my blind eyes to your love. I will never cease to love you in return.

One More Thing… “A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling ‘darkness’ on the wall of his cell…” —C.S. Lewis