Psalms 7:1-2

O Lord my God, in You I put my trust;

Save me from all those who persecute me; (v1, NIV)

God! God! I am running to you for dear life;
    the chase is wild. If they catch me, I’m finished:
    ripped to shreds by foes fierce as lions,
    dragged into the forest and left
    unlooked for, unremembered. (v1-2, Message)

While it is often said we should not reserve our prayers to God to only be 911 prayers, it does say something, at least to me, that we do turn to God in such times.  It is a sign of faith.  It says, like the Message Bible interprets, that we trust God and Him alone to save us.  The old saying, “There is no such thing as an Atheist in a foxhole” rings true.  If there is nothing else beyond this life and no god, then what must the despair be for those who have no help and are hopeless?  I can only imagine it is internally sheer panic or it is a willingness to do anything that makes the person happy or helps them. 

If there is no god, then each person is their own god.  They have to be.  If they live in a limited time arena, then it is complete foolishness to not get what you can and live how you want to live for as long as you can.  It must appear as complete hypocrisy to see people living within moral boundaries or purposely giving, often sacrificing, of themselves for the benefit of others.  It must also be completely offensive to them when another person creates limits on their ability to live however they want to live since the only thing they’ll ever have is what is inside this limited time.

Every sad moment is offensive to them and has to be the result of someone else causing it because they are living to be happy in every moment.  If they don’t have something they want it now so they can be happy now before the limited time ends.  Every tested rule of life that were learned by previous generations of Americans are being thrown out (that is, until they return like a boomerang and hit them in the head).  Brett & Kate McKay list the following lessons learned after reading Tom Brokaw’s book The Greatest Generation: 1) Take personal responsibility for your life; 2) Be frugal; 3) Be humble; 4) Love loyally; 5) Work hard; 6) Embrace challenge; 7) Don’t make life so damn complicated (just get up and go).  None of these reflect the ideology of I have to be happy and it’s the world’s job to make me happy.

The problem in the world today is the absence of God in the life of people.  Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”  They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good! (Ps 14:1)  Life is much more than this limited time.  In fact, the Bible tells us that once a person accepts that Jesus is the Son of the one true living God and His sacrifice was made for their sins, the Spirit of God descends into their heart, their internal person.  The Spirit of God is eternal.  How can the eternal reside with something not eternal?  Every person is eternal, only their destination is in question and they get to choose their destination.  In today’s society it would seem the question is whether to worship oneself or worship the holy God who is, was, and will be forevermore.  The separation among people today is not whether they are Democrat or Republican.  It is whether they don’t believe in God or they do.