Spiritual Amnesia

No matter how amazing God’s creation is, no matter how many ways God reveals Himself to us through His creation, we tend to forget about Him.  Francis Chan, in his book, Crazy Love, refers to this as an epidemic of spiritual amnesia that we all suffer from.

When I think about this in my own life I am baffled.  How do I so easily forget about the creator of the universe?  Something is wrong.  Am I that consumed with myself?

Our culture’s fast-food and drive-thru lifestyle has become a metaphor for our way of life and I think the source of our spiritual amnesia is rooted in this chaos.  In many ways, we treat God like He is the voice coming through the speaker at a drive-thru.  We tell God what we want and expect Him to deliver.  We leave no time to listen to what He might want to tell us.  We have no time to ‘be still’.  God becomes someone who is expected to meet our needs through the provision of spiritual goods and services.  His Word becomes a place to look for quick answers to our problems.  And then we’re off again….consumed with our lives until we have another need.

How are we tricked into this craziness?  I’ve heard people say that Satan’s greatest tool is busyness.  I agree.  Busyness leads to spiritual amnesia.

God is awesome….holy….all-powerful….all-knowing….fair….just….love.  His existence demands our worship.  Yet somehow our puny little lives become more important than all out worship of The One.

May we seek to become 24/7 worshippers of God….may we seek to be in His presence always!  May we call out those we lead to do the same.