A Rapid Roll through life – the ultimate survival game

My wife recently acquired a Nokia mobile phone which features a very simple, yet highly addictive, game entitled ‘Rapid Roll’. It features a little ball which sits on platforms that move up the screen. As the platforms move, you have to roll the ball onto the next platform which then moves up the screen and so on. If you’re not quick enough the spikes at the top of the screen get you! Sometimes the platform will be made out of spikes too, which are deadly if not avoided.

It is a game of survival, that is the only objective. The longer you survive, the higher score you get. You can never complete the game, eventually everyone gets the same two words: GAME OVER.

Life without God is one big game of Rapid Roll. If there is no God and no eternal life then the logical conclusion is that life becomes meaningless, deviod of purpose. The only objective is to survive for as long as possible before it is GAME OVER for you.

So is that what life really is like? Just one big survival game? Fortunately not. There is a God, He has created life for a purpose and that purpose is to know Him and to discover life as it is meant to be. What gets in the way is our sin, the wrong that we do which seperates us from a perfect and holy God. The good news is that God has punished Jesus – His Son – for our sin, so we can access life as God wants us to and we can know that instead of facing eternal punishement once we die, we can be assured of a place in heaven with God for ever. Want to know more? Email: mail@just-curious.co.uk or view the rest of this site.