Our Questions Should Lead Us To The Ultimate Truth (Transcript)

How soon this year has passed! Years have passed. Thank you O Lord for the years. Thank you for this year. Thank you for the privilege of life. One is privileged to live. Human beings are the crown of God’s creations. Human beings not only live, but they also think, they also wonder. They rationalize. They come to conclusions. They believe in God. They seek God. I’m one of those human beings that seek God. And I’m grateful to be in this position.

I wrote a little while ago: “God may not view time as we do. The Roman calendar is in our consciousness. We are aware that a year is about to end. Another year is about to begin. We ask ourselves questions, ‘What have we done this year? What have we not done? What should we do in the coming year?’ Our consciousness of the passage of time is good. It makes us think about our lives and it ultimately leads us to reflect on who we really are. This is what we really are: the creations of God made to be in union with God. In this life we encounter trouble. And we suffer with weakness. But these are also what lead us to God and make us cling to him.”

At the end of a year we ask ourselves questions: “What have we done this year and in the previous years? What have we not done? What should we do in the coming year?” These questions may trouble us. They may lead us to self-analysis. They may reveal certain truths about us. But this is the truth that we must be aware of: we are the creations of God made to be in union with God. We are made to be in union with God. And if we are not united with God we will not find purpose in our lives. We will always search for purpose and we will be very sad and dejected when we do not find it. But this is our purpose: to know God, to know the one who created us, to know the one who gave us life, who gave us the privilege to live in this beautiful world, who gave us the privilege to be able to think, to be able to wonder, to be able to even ask this question: “Does God exist?”

Some of us wonder whether God exists. Do we wonder why we exist?  Do we have any doubts regarding our existence? Is our existence something that needs to be proven to us? We are certain that we exist, aren’t we? Why can we not be certain that God exists? How could we come into this world without being sent? We’ve been sent, in fact, we’ve been made by God. This year has passed. God may not view time as I do. God may not view time as people do. But the passing of a year and the beginning of another year make us consider certain basic facts concerning life. These basic facts are the most important ones. We are here for a purpose. Have we achieved that purpose? Do we know why we are here? Do we know who we really are? This, these questions should remain with us and should stir us and lead us to the ultimate truth: God.

(Transcript of the speech made by Samuel Godfrey George on 31 December 2013)