Do We Need A Saviour?

In the movie “Superman Returns”, there is one scene where Superman takes Lois Lane up in the air and flies around the city. Then he asks her “What do you hear?” She replied, “I hear the winds howling” Then Superman said, “You wrote that the world does not need a saviour (that saviour being Superman) but everyday I hear cries of people needing a saviour” Of course in the movie, Superman meant that the world is indeed in need of someone who can save them from disaster and threat, not a saviour in the spiritual sense.

But the question remains… do we need a saviour? There are many people in the world who claims to be atheist, people who claim that they do not believe in god. Modern society is moving towards a situation where many do not believe or are not interested in organised religion or the existence of life after death. This is one of the reasons why people flock to the cinema to watch movies like “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”

Whenever I have some free time, I log on to the Yahoo! Answers website and it really surprises me that there are so many ignorant people out there. One of the most common questions is whether God really exists and the most common answer that I can see is “No, God does not exist”. Another outrageous question is “Doesn’t the story of Jesus reads like a ghost story?” and another would venture an opinion that the Bible is nothing but a fairy tale.

This is also a question that we need to answer for ourselves. For many of us, we go for Mass every Sunday out of habit or obligation. From young we were brought to church by our parents and this in turn becomes our habit and very often, we attend Mass because we feel that we have to. And usually, “attend” is just what we do. Going for Mass every Sunday does not mean we subscribe to the idea of needing a saviour in our lives.

In the days of the Baltimore Catechism, we are taught things like “Who created us?” and “Why did God create us?” The answer would be like “he made us to love and serve him” In other words, God does not really need us. After all, he is the almighty and powerful. Why would anyone who is powerful need anyone? It is we who is in need of God in our lives.

To me, not having God in my life would be like an empty, dry desert. I really cannot imagine a life without God in my life. There are times when I do not feel the need for God. And to be honest, these moment are numerous. I believe that many of us will go through phase every now and then. It is during these dry moments that we will need God even more.

On our own, it would be very difficult for us to climb out of this pit of self pity and depression. Imagine what life would be like for us if we are plagued with depression everyday for the rest of our lives? Not a pleasant thought, I’m sure.

That is the question that we need to ask; do we need a saviour? It may seem like a simple question but the answer is not an easy one. Can we honestly say that we need a saviour? In this age where money and power rules, money and power can and may become our saviour instead of God. If we are not careful, that is where we’ll end up, having money and power as our God instead of God.