Clarify of Opamism

Clarity of Opamism

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.  (Isaiah 13:2)

            In the 21st century world of staggering technology Christians must be convinced to "taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who trusts in him."  Psalm 34:8.  In the 21st century world of playing church we must clarify the opamism that perhaps God will start over with us. 

            There is nothing natural about the isms (communism, fascism, atheism) of life.  Nothing in natural law, animal life, for which human beings should aspire-accept these silly ideologies.  We live in a supernatural world.  The Christian belief is, in every way, supernatural.  Our radical unbelieving friends read about, gorge themselves watching screens (movie, TV) about J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter's dragons-witches-ghosts, all types magic, but so quick to ridicule praying, foot washing, Lord's table Christians.  Carl Sagan (Cosmos) said, "This is it.  There is nothing more.  Anything else is just wishful thinking."   The atheist, scientist friend, further said to me, "I live according to a strict code of ethics, take advantage of all science, long life or short life, I will just die, be buried, rot, and my body used for fertilizer." 

            Observing the handiwork of the Creator every day.  How is it possible for one not to believe in a supreme designer?  Observing the great artist canvases of the world, machinery of every type, miracles of technology making life so much easier, how could anyone deny a designer?  This writer was speaking before a ministers' conference, I heard several of the preachers talking about the magnificence of the computer.  In my remarks, I said, "I heard talk about the memory-megabytes of the computer.  This world traveler has observed glaciers at both the North and South Pole, 200 million square miles of ice formed by snowflakes turning into crystals.  Could the human mind believe there are not two snowflakes with the same design in all of this world, not two grains of sand alike on the vast seashores of this world, of the billions of human beings who have lived on this earth, 7 billion today and at least 7 billion dead before this day, no two humans with the same flecks in the iris of their eyes, no two with the same finger prints, same voice?  May God forgive us forsaking His book-His wisdom-His redemption!"

            It is believed that 3 million Jewish slaves left Egypt, not a feeble one among them, all healed (Psalm 105).  God chose to save them, feed them, lead and humble them (their shoes, of iron and brass, their clothing never wore out - Deuteronomy 33:25).  World history is colored with ways He touched them.  The many who fell in the wilderness because of their unbelief, the many who have lived and died in unbelief, both before the cross and after the cross, never knew the touch, the supernatural opamism, of God's grace.  A child who is never touched, soon dies.  The most rabid unbelievers-atheist surely observe that even lower animal life touch and caress their young.  On the farm, our beautiful cow with great struggle would give birth to a calf.  The calf, hoofs covered with a sheath to prevent damage to the cow's birth canal, would struggle up onto its feet.  The mother cow would immediately lick-touch the calf from one end to the other.  So it was with baby chicks, baby kittens or puppies.  Genus homo like all fauna creation needs the supernatural touch.  The affirmism of the human nervous system (the crowning glory of man) is beyond compare.  No matter how many times you autonomic nervous system prepares for any eventuality, you can not predict what will happen.  More is needed than the stability of self.  We all have a need for an all encompassing external and internal power.  No matter the preparation, 79% of warfare trainees (soldiers on the front lines) do not fire a weapon.  The are 16,025 school boards in America.  Most realize the failures of school systems.  Few school board members, few elected officials, legislators, can produce that quality-integrity which will cause them to fight and risk everything for a supernatural inner knowledge which they possess, but do not trust, and instead choose cowardice.  The writer, C.S. Lewis, said, "Some would rather bear pain than let others know about it."  If Christians were as anxious to promote Christianity in their walk as in their talk, many unbelievers would seek Christ.  If politicians really believed in the value system of a democratic republic, our nation would rise as a true super power.

            Even in America, 1799-1892, declared even by the US Supreme court as a Christian nation, one third of our young people have had no experience with religion, 40% of all high school students have had several sexual escapades.

            You have only one life, you go around only once, this is not a dress rehearsal.  Stop worrying about what other people think.  That is their problem.  Your thinking, your opamist ability, is yours.  Your wonderful mind belongs to no one else, but you.  Within the sanctity of your own-personal mental capacity, you have the right to dream and conquer.  Believe me, you may think others care about you, but they don't.  Don't be afraid to be lonely.  Learn the affirmism of self.  More importantly, the Creator of the universe is your best friend.  As he has told this old, blind, disabled man so many times, when becoming so disappointed with others, "I am all that you need."