The 3 main reasons that I’ve seen why people don’t enjoy their faith are:
- They don’t understand it (you can’t love something you don’t understand)
- They are not willing to change their lives (i.e., “they are too attached to their vices”)
- They see other people of faith messing up and conclude that they’re all hypocrites (NOTE* We go to church to worship God, not people)
I was like you at one time (if I’m reading you correctly), not caring too much about anything except my job, wife and cars.
Then I came to a point where I had achieved most of the goals that I had set out for myself. I had a loving wife of 10 years, I was a Professional Firefighter (the job of my dreams), I lived in a 3 bedroom split ranch in Guilderland, and I had 3 cars in the driveway (one of which was my then brand new Black/Black '95 Mustang Cobra).
But then I said to myself “Is this it?”
Sure, I could get a bigger house and nicer cars. And after that, I could get an even nicer house and faster cars. Etc., etc., etc …
And suddenly, life seemed somewhat pointless to me. So I asked myself "If there was something else to our lives (a “higher order” if you will) then that “higher order” would have definitely left some evidence of His existence for me to find.
Otherwise, “He” wasn’t real.
And so my journey began. That was 15 years ago, and I’ve never looked back since …