What Are You Looking For? Anything At All? and is contentment ok with God?

          And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,

    to give his people the knowledge of salvation

    through the forgiveness of their sins,( this was John the Baptist) and a prophecy about him from his father.)

     1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

     
      These words penned by Luke lay the foundation to a knowledge most Christians are familiar with and is a bedrock of our faith. That of Christ's mission here on earth to forgive sins and reconcile all men and women to God.  But what about the 
ordinary person that does not choose to partake of this knowledge and is quite content living in life surrounded with so many things to believe in?  Is it ok with God?  That remains to be seen if indeed Christ was who he said he was and is going to return for a people who are his followers.  
   The good news for those who do not yet believe is that Christ's sacrifice was for everyone regardless in their current state of being, meaning that his coverage of sin is still effective but not yet apprehended.  Make sense?  Paul always in his letters to his fellow believers let them know that he "labored to apprehend that which I was apprehended for."  He meant that he hadn't arrived at the fullness of Christ's knowledge and more was possible.  If one like Paul still had a ways to go...what about us?  Ever read Romans? It's quite heady.  When we In this United States have so many things of a material nature it makes it hard to sift through our inner self and "deep areas" to find God. So much is thrown at us from the media, television social media now... etc that promises to fulfill all the needs we have but they sorely lack in the fulfilment that Christ has instead.  
     This opening letter to Theophilus by Luke was intended to strengthen his faith in his belief in Christ.  Luke sets forth another writing in addition to Matthew and Marks to again tell of the story of Christ's birth and living and subsequent death at the hands of the Romans and the Jews. Luke added another dimension to the story and he wanted Theophilus to understand this.
     So many of the teachings of Christ were intended to draw us out of ourselves and into an understanding that we share our lives with others at times so separated that it is almost impossible to relate to one another with the exception of family life and it's interactions.  He challenged us to feel what others feel or to walk in their shoes so to speak. He said if you see your brother lacking food or cloak that we were obligated to provide it.  Not to ignore the situation.  How many times do we see street people on the corners with cardboard signs asking for help?  And we drive by?  I know I have done it and it always provokes a response in me that is convicting, even if I have the knowledge that the person does not truly want to be helped.   
     Jesus I believe did not want us to be comfortable with his Gospel. It was intended to produce fruit of a different nature.  And so what about contentment? I think that it is a deception the Devil uses to make us groggy to the realities of life. 
      But in the end there will always be the "word of life" carefully preserved and written down for us to fully understand Christ's sacrifice and the full knowledge of his forgiveness of our sins.  Will you take it freely?  And like Theophilus understand it?