There are many people in the world who have only one committed foot through the door of being a Christian while the rest of their spiritual bodies remain outside in uncertainty. They’ve gone to church, they’ve observed the environment and found it good, and they’ve felt the presence of the Holy Spirit inviting them to delve deeper in what is to become a relationship with God. However, as they’ve only received a bit of the knowledge about the goodness of the kingdom of God and have not yet conducted any more personal inquiries, a hesitation of uneasiness begins to grow within them and either they choose not to become a Christian or remain at that middle ground for years before they enter into a relationship with God. This process is unnecessarily a waste of time.

When contemplating not only the existence of an all loving God but the start of a committed life to Him, the consequences of accepting this information and making such a decision to follow God completely turns our whole lives around. C.S Lewis agrees with this point when he writes:

“Knowledge

of the facts must make a difference to one's actions.”

Moreover, as this decision of committing our lives to God has life changing results, we need to gather information in order to fully know what we’re getting into for it becomes the most important truth upon which we may live our lives. The person making the decision should not bother about with the shuffling feet of ignorance, you only waste time doing that, and instead begin their pursuit of truth. On the error of avoiding the work it takes to discover the truth of Christianity, Lewis writes:

“He is deliberately trying not

to know whether Christianity is true or false, because he

foresees endless trouble if it should turn out to be true. He

is like the man who deliberately 'forgets' to look at the notice

board because, if he did, he might find his name down for

some unpleasant duty. He is like the man who won't look at

his bank account because he's afraid of what he might find

there. He is like the man who won't go to the doctor when

he first feels a mysterious pain, because he is afraid of what

the doctor may tell him.

The man who remains an unbeliever for such reasons is

not in a state of honest error. He is in a state of dishonest

error…”

In sum, we cannot go on in an intentional state of ignorance. This decision is too important and personal to be cast aside and ignored. God is waiting for every individual and time wasted is time lost. In the words of Andy Dufresne from the Shawshank Redemption:

“Either we get busy livin, or we get busy dyin.”