Article in Stretton Focus, September 2012
There are many ways to God. In fact there are as many ways as there are people looking to find a way. Every person is a unique and individual creation: therefore we need to be true to ourselves if we are going to find some way of relating to our Creator.
Religions generally have offered a ‘one-size-fits-all’ way of relating to God. This created the religions that we are now familiar with: but by not respecting people’s basic need for personal freedom, the cost has been too high. Many people today are not willing to pay that price, and so they have given religion a wide berth.
Religions need to start putting people first. If it is true that the Creator’s image and likeness is in every human being, then it will be as we seek to become fully human that the way to God will be found.
We could begin to find a way by recognising that the word GOD is closely connected with the word GOOD. In fact, GOD is GOOD with nothing (0) left out. So any concept of God that is not good by human standards should be rejected as a false god.
We should look for the deepest and the highest in our humanity. The deeper we look into ourselves, beyond our mere flesh and blood, the more we will discover our inner being, which is best described as spirit – and God is Spirit!
The highest claim that can be made upon us is to be loving towards one another – and God is Love! So the way to God is open to us. Find some way of looking deeper into yourself, and you will discover your true, spiritual nature: then, inspired by that spirit, reach out in love to those around you – and you will have found the way to God.
Donald Horsfield
