Settling with Comfort & Convenience!

 

The Gen Z's who are in the age group of 10-25 are seeing life so different than the Gen X’s born between 1965-1980. The Gen Z’s depend and thrive in comfort and convenience. They assume they have the right to all sorts of information and privileges. Digital access has accelerated their fast-paced life that Gen X (Parents) pale in comparison to their heightened sense of awareness of current trends. The downside is that this has robbed the GEN Z’s of their value and purpose in life. Life has narrowed down to nothing more than convenience and comfort. When this freedom and privilege is restricted by their parents, they become contemptuous.

Gen Z's behaviour has become risky. Life is gloomy with so much competition in this digital world, especially with technology replacing humans. The realization of God is foolishness for them. These groups trust their intelligence and high IQ so much so that they audaciously deny God who has blessed them with sanity and wisdom. The goal and purpose of their life is comfort alone, leading to substitution of forbidden pleasures, which gradually erodes their conscience. Eventually they start living like robots devoid of conscience.

Creation and gadgets become God, cherishing the work of their hands. They increasingly start resembling beasts without a sense of remorse, sympathy, empathy and genuine love. They have upgraded the concept of right and wrong to relativity and define what they think is right and wrong. Allow me to explain my point, few decades ago having relationship with a girl was seen as something forbidden. It further moved to the next stage, where relationship with opposite sex was not wrong anymore but having sexual relationship was seen as sin. Then the understanding further culminated to this premise, sexual relationship with a girl is not wrong but making her pregnant is wrong, with even the law terming it as rape. If the same was consensual, then it is not wrong anymore. And finally, to further avoid legality, having protected sex eliminates you from committing a crime.  Do you see the deterioration of human conscience and values? All through, we see the law of the land supporting our twisted morality in one way or the other.

Every other ideology including religion is made to keep man happy. The holy book Bible does not support this view because it focuses on a true, living and holy God. The life of Jesus is epitome of holiness and perfectness. He was the only person in human history who rose from the dead and lives. Jesus demands purity of heart; He does not demand religious obligations. The Bible says, "Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.". What it takes to meet God is not your uncommitted rituals but purity. Further Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.". Unless you maintain purity of heart, all your expectations will be distorted and ambiguous. G K Chesterton rightly pointed out that " Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.”  And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning when our pantries are stocked. Would you find your purpose in Christ?

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