1.7 Warum sollte ich an Gott glauben?
Menschen sehnen sich nach vollkommenem Glück in ihren Leben. Viele Menschen haben gemerkt, dass Glück auf lange Sicht nicht in Erfolg, Macht oder Besitz gefunden werden kann. Leute erwähnen oft Beziehungen als bedeutende Quelle des Glücks. Wahres Glück kommt von innen, aus dem Wissen, dass wir geliebt sind und dass wir das Richtige tun.
Die bedeutendste Wahrheit über Menschen ist, dass wir zu Gott gehören – er hat uns geschaffen und liebt uns. Letztendlich kann vollkommenes Glück nur mit ihm gefunden werden. Es scheint einfach zu klingen, aber es ist eine tiefgreifende Wahrheit, dass du, um glücklich zu werden, nur von ganzem Herzen Gottes Plan annehmen und bei seinem Plan mitwirken musst.
Why does man have a desire for God?
God himself, in creating man in his own image, has written upon his heart the desire to see him. Even if this desire is often ignored, God never ceases to draw man to himself because only in God will he find and live the fullness of truth and happiness for which he never stops searching. By nature and by vocation, therefore, man is a religious being, capable of entering into communion with God. This intimate and vital bond with God confers on man his fundamental dignity. [CCCC 2]
Why do we seek God?
God has placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him. St. Augustine says, “You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” We call this longing for God religion.
It is natural for man to seek God. All of our striving for truth and happiness is ultimately a search for the one who supports us absolutely, satisfies us absolutely, and employs us absolutely in his service. A person is not completely himself until he has found God.“Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it” (St . Edith Stein). [Youcat 3]
[God] is the source of our happiness and the very end of all our aspirations… We pursue him with our love so that when we reach him we may rest in perfect happiness in him who is our goal. [St Augustine, The City of God, Bk. 10, Chap 3. (ML 41, 298)]
