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The Christian Century reports that the problem of nativity vandalism can be solved. You know about nativity vandalism, don’t you? Well, who hasn’t lived in a community where the little baby Jesus or Mary comes up mission from the big Nativity Scene in front of the church during December. It’s usually Mary or Jesus; I don’t know why they don’t ever steal Joseph; or a shepherd. What to do?
Well, now there’s a solution. Security firms now can plant a GPS device in each character in the scene so that anything stolen can be traced. Churches that publicize their use of tracking devices report that vandalism stops.
So, imagine: if Jesus gets away from you, you can now find him again. Jesus said he came to find and save the lost. But what if he gets lost? It’s not a modern problem. People have always been searching for God. Where is God? How do I find happiness? How do I find meaning in my life? Maybe you know someone who is looking for God.
It’s my opinion that all people are searching for God. And I also think that God has planted within each of us something like a spiritual GPS that guides us to God. Humans were made for communion with God.
God is the One. And it is Oneness that we desire. Without the sense of the One, we are split apart—alienated from our self and others.
The church teaches us that our search for God is fulfilled when we wake up and realize that God has been searching for us. Jesus is the human symbol of God’s search for us. Through the life and death of Jesus, God has tracked us down. We are no longer lost. The vandalism of the human soul is reversed. We are brought back to our nativity.
