No Choice
A person I was talking with the other evening had this to say about her faith in God:

I have no choice. I can't NOT believe in God. There's no way I can explain what has happened to me in my life if there is no God.

It was an "Aha!" moment for me. I knew just what she meant. It was not that she was forced by outside circumstances to believe in God. It's a choice only in the sense that she has known, according to her, what it means to live not believing in God and it just didn't work. Life was not what it is supposed to be.

To say I have no choice but to believe is to admit that in my life God is a non-negotiable. I am aware of my need for Him each and every day- and many times each and every day. To say I MUST believe in God is to admit that my life is meaningless and directionless without God. To walk with God in this life is to accept the daily- minute by minute- presence of One who is able to do far more than I am ever able to think or do on my own.