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Every human in
our world experiences moments of self-reflection, doubt and skepticism.
We search for answers that help us define God's role in our lives and
our relevance to the universe and beyond. These are not new questions.
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Q: Why did God create us? What was the reason to create this
world? Why can't every person can't see God? If God is always
with us
then why are people making mistakes?
A: These are questions that many people ask. The Urantia Book gives us
answers, and so I am glad that you wrote.
Why did God create people? Because God is love, and love craves love
in return:
(1:0.2) The myriads of planetary systems were all
made to be
eventually inhabited by many different types of intelligent creatures,
beings who could know God, receive the divine affection, and love him
in return. The universe of universes is the work of God and the
dwelling place of his diverse creatures. "God created the heavens and
formed the earth; he established the universe and created this world
not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited."
All people have it within their power to know God. God is knowable, and
he is not in hiding:
(1:3.3) The Universal Father is not invisible
because he is hiding
himself away from the lowly creatures of materialistic handicaps and
limited spiritual endowments. The situation rather is: "You cannot see
my face, for no mortal can see me and live." No material man could
behold the spirit God and preserve his mortal existence ...But it is
not necessary to see God with the eyes of the flesh in order to discern
him by the faith-vision of the spiritualized mind.
So, we see that it is only with "faith-vision" that we can see the
Father. But this is entirely possible, because God has sent each mortal
being a piece of himself - a "pilot light" - to dwell within their
mind, helping each of us through our lives to be successful in finding
him, and "seeing" him with our spiritual senses.
But we have to choose to find God. It is our
freewill choices that
sometimes get in the way of our finding God, and doing his will in our
lives. God always respects our freewill and does not interfere with
our choices. As a result, we often make mistakes, we do the wrong
things and sometimes, we sin.
We are spirit beings at our core, but we live in the world, and the
world can make
a lot of noise - there are a lot of distractions that we all deal with,
so it is important to make times of quietness and try to listen to the
"still, small voice" of God that is there for us when we really desire
to hear
it.
Jesus said:
"You are in this world, but your lives are not to
be
worldlike..."
So, even though we live in the world, we have
to make the
effort to go apart from the world on a regular basis - to remember our
spiritual identity and to connect with the
Source of that identity, which is God. Remember, God is always as near
as a thought, for he dwells within your mind.
It can be frustrating to realize that not everyone wants to do the
right things, and not everyone desires to know God. We all pay the
price for the misdeeds of others at times, but the good news is that
each individual person can choose
to do good, and to find God within themselves. Sometimes, that is the
best any of us can do. And in this way, we can help others by our
example. When we, as God's children, do make that effort to stay close
to God, we naturally
become more like God, who is our spirit-Father. Like Jesus, we can
learn to "go about doing good," and this is a powerful way to live a
happy life in spite of the troubles that we see around us.
And finally, here's a bit of encouragement from The Urantia Book:
(196:3.30)
Be not discouraged; human evolution is still in
progress, and the revelation of God to the world, in and through Jesus,
shall not fail.
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