A banana tree is planted perfectly in the soil. It grows for a couple of months, and suddenly the emerging leaves curl, resulting in a condition called bunchy top disease. This is but one example of nature’s perfect creation gone wrong.

A virus infects a software program so it no longer functions as designed. Nuclear power can light up cities but also destroy human life. Every security system can be hacked. Every human creation has been destroyed or compromised, exposing a flawed design.

How can we explain why a teenager gets up one morning and shoots people at his school? Science keeps attributing such tragedies to chemical imbalances in the brain, and that is often correct, but we must go beyond the physical realm.

“Every flaw has a root cause, and identifying this allows us to fix the design.” #crossruptionTweet this

We can derive a deeper lesson from these occurrences. We must go back to the drawing board, look at the original design, and fix the fundamentals that caused the flaw. Every flaw has a root cause, and identifying this allows us to fix the design. We can find the cause for every flaw in the things we create, but we never look inward to understand that we ourselves are flawed and in need of a spiritual fix.

The thousands of people in misery in our prisons and addiction centers can be perfectly restored. Millions of people in our society appear perfect on the outside but are lonely, fearful, and desperately seeking love. All of this can change. But instead of demonstrating what love is, we fight over the design flaws in people. Instead of being loving, we force people into certain behaviors.

Many civilizations have produced rich literature on God and humanity. Mahabharatha and Ramayana, written hundreds of years before Christ, are all about the cosmic war within us. The Greeks and Romans wrote volumes about God and the human race. How much more evidence do we need for this singular hunger to reach out and bring the supernatural into the natural? People desperately desire supernatural communion.

“We can find the cause for flaws in what we create, but we never look inward to see that we are flawed and in need of a spiritual fix.” #crossruptionTweet this

When God became man, the announcement of His birth included the name Immanuel, which means “God with us.” This does not mean God is simply among us. He is with us! Us in Greek is ego, which means “I” or “me.” The incredible fix for the design flaw in human beings is revealed.

“God with us” must invade the “I.”

Moving forward in these articles, you will walk into death. You will face the cross, where disruption begins. You will confront the paradox of death giving birth to life in the human spirit. The cross of Christ is a symbol of death and the gateway to experiencing life.