I was asked recently, “Why do you believe in God?”  That was a really good question.  It is far better than, “What is the evidence for God?” — as if there were a proof for His existence.

The Bible does not argue the case for the existence of God but simply and consistently assumes Him. The Apostle Paul asserts that deep down we all have a gut awareness of God.  Some people choose to suppress that sense; others choose to accept and even nurture it.

Scientific evidence is open to interpretation.  One interprets from a theistic (believing in God) perspective and another from an atheistic (not believing in God) perspective.  So our interpretation of scientific evidences will depend on our presuppositions and what we think about God.  To expect science to determine what we believe is to put the cart before the horse.

There is a common assumption that science has in some way disproved God or made belief in Him impossible for a thinking person.  This is patently not the case.  There are certainly some, or even many, scientists who do not believe in God, but there are also scientists who do believe in God.  There are bankers who believe in God and bankers who do not and that doesn’t prove anything either!

Actually, it is simply a matter of choice.  I choose to believe in, to worship and to serve God.  I do not make that choice contrary to reason.  In deed, it is a very reasonable choice to make.  I choose to believe because not to believe is unthinkable and unliveable.   To believe makes sense in itself and makes sense of everything else.  I am convicted by the Holy Spirit of God.  There could be no peace for me in rebelling against that conviction.  What God gives to me is faith, hope and love.  These three, the greatest of which is love, I would find nowhere else.  I choose to believe, and I could choose no other way.  What I find hard to believe is that anyone could not believe!