What If God Were The Sun?

What if God where the sun?
Would we be more conscious of him?
Would we praise him more for a new day, for the flowers that grow and the sun-dried delicacies we enjoy?
If God were the sun, would it lessen, if not diminish, our doubts of his presence?
Would we revere Him more and pray more earnestly?
Would we be more aware of our own actions as we go about?
Would this propel us into the more loving brother’s keepers we ought to be?
Would harming the next person be an unimaginable thought than the unthought-of action that it is now?
We all go about desperately seeking this God that is spoken of every turn we take
Hoping that he would impart in us the peace that this Jesus speaks of.
We beg unto him like he’s the ruthless king of a perishing kingdom.
We plead with him to give us this life that the elders speak of
“refe bophelo”, “sinike impilo” “gee ons a lewe” “give us life”
For years and years we’ve been asking for this life that we clearly don’t know we already have
Protection against the demons we franticly beseech of him again!
But if he were the sun, would we still run berserk about our protection, feeding, shelter and clothing?
Damn skippy we sure wouldn’t, because he’d be right there. He’d know what we need and when we would need it.
Asking would be doubting the Deity of his abilities.
You poor wretch, God IS the sun
He resides within you, and you know it not
You seek him without whereas he’s already within
He provides for all your needs yet you beg from other mortals
He gives rise to a new day though you draw the curtains, wishing your days away and hoping for better ones
He grows the flowers yet you won’t stop for a second just to smell one
He slowly sets your world in motion but you get impatient and seek the fast and easy route to your wants
He awaits therein you, yearning that you would converse with him but you don’t even know he’s there
This magnificent God that is Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Krishna, Yahweh and all that is Supreme delights in your company.
But because you are too busy trying to box him into the kind of God that you want, you miss on intimate moments with him
Whether it’s in a temple, church, synagogue or tent, he delights in your praise and worship always
He’s too big to be contained, everywhere and here all at the same time
But if he were the sun, that would mean he couldn’t stay around forever
Sunset would steal from our joy and the night our sworn enemy
Therefore I say let’s first grasp the magnitude of the “idea” of God before we can objectify him
Although…in your knowledge and growing wisdom, you will know that God IS the sun
Night time and cloudy days are but patrons in his unnumbered days
Infinite, immeasurable, everlasting, inexhaustible, light-years away but here
God Is The Sun