Doing Eternal Pragmatism - Part 2

Let's back up a moment from yesterday's post. As a pragmatist I highly value strategies that work. Even if I have other reasons for not liking them. Occasionally "idealism" wins out for me, but that is not the norm. Based on study and experience I believe that G-d is god and the Bible is His word. Based on that conclusion I can lay out some base axioms.

Axioms:

1. G-d is all powerful
2. G-d is trustworthy
3. G-d is all knowing
4. G-d unconditionally loves us
5. The Bible is His message to us

Now, before I get into that I want to make an analogy to help set the groundwork for all this.

Bill Gates writes you a letter explaining that he wants to hire you and details your job description. He says he will cover all your expenses as well as providing the resources you need to complete the job. He gives you a detailed background on the job and even gets pretty detailed about how to do it. So you know he's done his homework. All that really needs to be done is for you to execute accept the job and execute on Mr. Gate's plan. And he says at the end of the contract he will give you a really big bonus.

Now, in this analogy, you would probably jump at the offer. You would read his letter thoroughly to make sure you understood all of it. You would promptly respond and you would intrinsically expect that he would actually provide the resources and such that he promised for you to do the job correctly.

Yeah, G-d did that. Except per another analogy He kind of is a bit richer than Mr. Gates. He understands the world better than Mr. Gates to the point that He knows the full scope of history past, present, and future. And to top it all off, as much as Mr. Gates might appreciate you as an employee G-d loves you unconditionally. So while you might get burned out and stressed doing the job for Mr. Gates, and him not care on a deep level, G-d cares about you and gives us freedom from worry, from fear, and from our mistakes.

So we have every reason to carefully read through the Bible so we understand what G-d is asking for. We have every reason to jump into what He is calling us to do with full confidence that He will deliver on his promises of peace, of required resources, and of freedom.