What do we know about God? The first thing that is told to us is that "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." We see Him in conversation with His creation and the companions He has made. We see choices that our ancestors made, ones that face each of us as well. The first is to recognize our Creator, and the second is to be in relationship with Him.
If we refuse to acknowledge His existence, we reject the knowledge of who we are and where we came from, and miss out on on a whole dimension of life. We hear people say that they can do the right thing on their own, but how do they define the "right thing" apart from God? One choice is to make a god of our own, and follow it like a cat chasing its own tail. When we recognize no god but ourselves, we will never get beyond our own limits.
Another choice is to recognize that God exists, but to define our relationship on our own terms. We claim the right to find our own path to our own spiritual life. The problem is that we may find what we think we are looking for, but it may not be what we expect if is not the true God. A character in one of C. S. Lewis' books asks a Christian man if a spirit isn't what he wants to people to find, and the answer is that there are spirits and Spirits, and some of them are not ones you should follow.* You can find people who will tell you that there are "many ways to God", and Jesus is only one of them. Yes, there are many roads in life, but what the Scripture says that "the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:13-14)
The logical place to find the way to God is to choose to follow The Way; we all go where the road we're on takes us. God spent two thousand years explaining where to find the right Way; and then sent His Son and His Spirit to show us the Way. And when we look for Him in the right places--not our own desires or orders--He has promised that we will truly find the Reality of God. ''And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."(Hebrews 11:6)
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