In the book of Genesis, we see the bond between God and all His creations. Genesis declares that God loves and values His works. Although there was a breakdown of relationship when Man was cast out of God’s presence in the Garden of Eden, the connection between God and Man was not broken. To punctuate the point, a bloodline connection is not affected by the physical breakdown of family relationship. Even when a husband and wife go their separate ways the children remain tied through that union.
We desire to get connected because God has made us so: it is in our DNA. With ever-increasing technological advancements, social networking, community and diverse groups are at our finger tips. Using these mediums, we engage and search whole-heartedly believing our original connection with God is replaceable and commonly found. For this reason, we explore social networks or join clubs/societies designed to create an experience of social connectedness. Our gut feeling prompts us to keep searching out avenues for connection so we don’t miss out on ‘something special’. But we set ourselves up for disappointment when we bank on someone somewhere giving us a peaceful and satisfied life.
Most often, following our experience with connecting to people or groups, we do not feel productive, fruitful or satisfied. People both young and old, poor and rich find that they do not experience the promised connectedness rather they experience a more heightened sense of: not being valued, feeling alone, loneliness, helplessness, low self-esteem and general dissatisfaction with life. This feeling is found even amongst those in religions.
What are we missing and why are we losing the battle to feel connected? What and who do you want to be connected to? Crucially, why is this battle driving us to the wrong side of life? Pursuing the deep internalised desire to connect exposes us to danger, taking one through: endless night outs, emotional outbursts, drinking sprees, shopping sprees, drug addictions, entrapments in valueless courtships and marriages, countless holidays in search of peace and gratification, fanatical wellness and spiritual sessions all the while mounting debts. Desperately, we want to be seen, heard, appreciated, loved and valued by a person, group or community. In a bid to form connections in these social and political settings people pay heavy sums both monetarily and emotionally. In very bad cases, people paid with their life. But in reality, the more we distance our self from our Creator, the more we are running further away from the true original connection to life.
The connection we should seek is that of restoration of our relationship with God as we recognise there is a hole that needs to be filled. Jesus teaches in Luke 17: 21 that the Kingdom of God (the Bible also references this as the Kingdom of Heaven) is not something you can point to or see but within each person. Heaven is already within you to connect with and we become restored because of it.
Make peace with God: He is not asking for a perfect Man as He already knows your weaknesses. Rebuild this relationship so you can have a satisfied life. Illustratively, a plug with a blown fuse will not produce light even with a functional socket. We are the fuse; our body is the plug and God is our socket. God will not change for Man but Man must change for God. That is why we must get connected to the Kingdom of God so that we become light, productive and fruitful.
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