THE GLORIOUS GOD OF A GLORIOUS UNIVERSE

Man desires a God he can trust, who will grant him success after every disaster, who can remove all difficulties from his path. In the present day, nationalism, political power, ethnicity and other such affiliations are nothing but different projections presented to satisfy this innate desire of Man. But this is just like presenting a statue to satisfy the desire of one who is seeking a life partner. Man is in search of one such Being who has power and control over the entire universe. The answer to this desire cannot be found in any geographical location. To be the focus of his affections, man desires only such a Being who is the Creator of the heavens and the Earth. By nature, man desires an absolute and perfect God. Although, God does not appear before us, His creation in the form of this glorious universe is spread all around us. We can see it; we can experience it. In such a case, man can only be satisfied with a God so exalted that this glorious universe testifies to His glory. A God who in reality is found to be the Creator and Lord of this glorious universe. A God any lower in stature than this can never appeal to the mind of man. Until man finds such a God, his search will continue. Any other object can never satisfy this desire. A sense of deprivation human beings feel in the midst of abundance is due to the fact that they have disconnected themselves from God. Man experiences a shortcoming in his quest for subsistence. Today, we fail to find true happiness on the face of man in spite of the accumulation of all his desires. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) begins his book, The Conquest of Happiness, with the following lines: Animals are happy so long as they have health and enough to eat. Human beings, one feels, ought to be, but in the modern world they are not, at least in a great majority of cases. This is because modern civilization with its grand successes has only been able to garner a small portion of what man desires. It has accumulated the requirements of the ‘body’, but has failed in garnering anything for the ‘soul’. Man seeks meaningfulness, but modern civilization can only offer him material structures made of steel and stone. Man desires life, but modern civilization can only give him a lifeless statue in the mould of a man. Man desires satisfaction for his heart and mind, but modern civilization places him in a soulless, mechanical vehicle. Man desires to