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Close To God

God who is all perfect and happy in himself created man keeping in mind only his happiness and good and will-being. For that very reason God in always close to man. He hastens to help and console man in his pains and sorrows. He always wants and takes delight in His relationship with man. God also wishes that man should always maintain his fond with Him. Throughout the Bible we can find God’s constant intervention lost this bond should break. In order to re establish the broken relationship between the people of Israel and God, He used to read them prophets from time to time. Howevevr, the bible itself often shows us how man frequently cuts off this relationship. The Israel nation is an example of it. From the history of the people of Israel we can understand what actually happens when man breaks away from God. Then enslavement and capture looting and pillage become the order of the day. In other words, human values and justice lose their importance. Man himself become worthless. The condition of the Israel nation is described as a civilaization where the innocent are sold for a pair of shoes and where the faces of the poor are crushed under foot in dust. Many of their laws and practices ignored all values of human life. In short, when the bond between God and man is shattered, a culture of evil and wrickedness spreads. Therefore this link between God and man is absolutely necessary. There is in the heart of man innate yearning for God, become he is created by God and for God. God has never ceased to attract man to Himself. Forgetting this real truth man frequently strays away from God. People may have various reason for doing so. Religious ignorance running after the riches and comforts of the etc. may be cited as examples. Another reason for breaking the fond with God is the sinful state of man who hides from God due to fear of Him or tries to sum away from Him after having refused to obey His call. The Book of Genesis ch.3 verses 8-10 speaks about this hiding from God. After having sinned our we learn that sin shatters mans relations with God. Today the his sinful state while he sin runnining after the pleasures of the world. There is one difference between our first parents and the man of today. It is that Adam and eve realized that they had sinned but today man has ceased to realize that what he is doing is sinful. Another reason why man goes away from God is the lack of knowledge about God and forgetting this love. Eve through God led the Israelites through the Red Sea and fed them in the desert they rejected God very soon. If we consider the new testament, we find even some of those who had been healed by Jesus and had been helped by him gave him up to be crucified. We se judas a disciple and chosen apostle betraying the son of God. The reason for all these is forgetting His infinity love and not trying to known Him. When judas came to realize who Jesus was and when he remembered His great love, he acknowledged his own guilt feelingquilt blinded him and caused his sin Although everything else is progressing today, our relationship with God shows no progress. On the other hand it is decreasing day by day. That is why although the world is progressing injustice reigns everywhere. Man against man nation against nation is waging war unjusty In the acts of the apostles in chapter 14 we read about Paul and brothers, two apostels who knew and understood the love of Jesus telling the people whose relationship with God had been broken “Friends, why are you doing this? We are mortals just like you and we bring you goodnews, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea all that is in them” (act.14:15). Some people, on the other handa have a clear knowledge about God. The Bible makes it explicit. “what can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them “(Rom.1:19). The Bible continues “Though they knew God they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him”(Rom.1:21). Their futile thinking and senseless minds have led at least a few away from God their proud minds are darkened knowing God they act worse than those who do not know him. Immorality, injustice and wickednesse growing and knowingly or unknowingl;y we are experiencing their art effects. ‘Black mass’ how sexuality, focticide mercy-killing are all offsprings of immorality and injustice. Some years ago when pope poul VI in his encyclical ‘Humanae vitae’ opposed unnatural family planning methods he was crucified and opposed by many from various fields. Pass of time has proved that his decision was gust and right as a result of the artificial family planning European nations are experiencing lack of successors and property. Today when mercy killing and foeticeide are trying to grt leagal sanction we can understand to what depth morality has been brought low As Time passes man with or without knowledge is in a hungry to cut off his nations with God. Then we must realize that injustice and immorality will raise their heads. As the distance from god increases evil comes closer. Remember God never goes away from man. On the conteary it is man who you away by his deeds and thoughts distancing himself from God man sins himself keeping ourselves close to God we who are a small part of God’s creation must attempt to give Him Glory, become man has been created for God. Man is the ultimate good of creation. “Therefore our hearts are setless until they rest in Him “ ( St. Augustine )