The Futility of Mankind 

   “There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says, ‘All right, then, have it your way.’” – C. S. Lewis 

   God shows us the way, He will guide us home to Him if we will listen and follow His truths.  His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ said very clearly, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14: 6).  So why do so many reject God and His way and condemn themselves to eternal life without Him?

   Maybe it goes all the way back to the beginning, the Garden of Eden.  God showed the first man and woman the way; He gave them all they needed to live in a world free of worry, pain, and sorrow.  And yet, at the tempting of Satan they gave it all up.  Why would they do such a stupid thing? Pride!

   Of everything God had given them He withheld only the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  Only He can say what is good and what is evil.  But the serpent tempted the woman with pride, “God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know good and evil.” (Gen 3: 5).  And so, out of a desire to be like God, they ate it.  The rest is history; the futility of mankind trying to find something other than God to make them happy.

   There is only one source of lasting peace and joy, and it is not of this world.  Only in our Lord and Savior is true happiness to be found.  “And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil.” (John 3: 19)