What's Really Going On?

'God made all people to seek him and find him.’ (Acts 17:27)

By: Peter Walker

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Let’s start by talking about ‘groups’ in life. And when I say groups, I mean friend groups, working groups, gangs, sororities, frats, Freemasons, book clubs, committees, church groups, tennis clubs, country clubs, etc.

Groups don’t really exist.

I mean, they are a thing, of course, but a fabricated thing. Held together by people’s notions. Take for example that friend group you had a few years ago, where is it now? Or that BFF from school? Or that project group that were ‘so close’?

I don’t mean to be cynical here. Not at all. Just trying to get back to those elements in life that are not fabricated. Let’s dig even a little deeper…

How about your spouse? We like to think of our love relationship as cosmic destiny, but did he or she really come forth from the Cosmos, or from your hometown? From your city or school or mutual friend? In this case not fabricated, but incidental.

How about your citizenship and national loyalty? I mean, if your mom had taken a different path, you might have been born in a country that is at war with the one you now say you defend. A mere twist in the road and everything you say you are, you love, and the people you know, would be different. You might even ‘hate’ people you now say you love.

Does this render our lives and our connections and ‘groups’ meaningless? No. But it does – or should – make us dive deeper. And in this deep dive, as a matter of truth we avoid the cynical, and hold to the spiritual. But yes, we decide to seek and find what’s actually ‘real’, what in life is not incidental or fabricated, and what’s really going on…