Jesus Christ is the most bizarre person in history. He requires belief in a completely different reality. His commands to “love your enemies” , “to do good to them that hurt you”, and “render onto Caesar that which is Caesar’s” show that He is utterly different from all others.
If we are Christians, we believe in the Virgin Birth, the Trinity, everlasting life, and a whole host of things that distract us from the world God programmed for us. The more we believe, the more we value God than gold.
As we move closer to God, we pay less attention to the things of the world. Old attractions lose their allure. Pleasing our Maker becomes more important than pleasing ourselves and others.
Believing in Jesus is such a bizarre feat that each Christian is a living miracle. We have been, by some great power, lifted above the world. As we see some of those around us desperately clawing for programmed entities, we see how much greater The Programmer is.
We can be nothing but grateful.
