Evidence of God

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
-Genesis 1:1
     Recently I attend my University's "First Look Fair", which is a time where students can take a look at the many extracurricular groups on campus. I went to support my church's station, and I saw that next to us was a Christian apologetic group. If you don't know what apologetics is, it is using logic and reason to provide a justification for a belief, particular for religions. I thought that it was cool that our campus had this group, but then something interesting happened. A man, clearly atheist, came up to the group, and started pressing one of the people stationed at the booth. He asked him a lot different questions about the Bible and Jesus. I was only half listening, but one question that stuck out to me was, "if God wants us to believe in Him, why doesn't He provide us with definitive evidence that He exists?"
     It seemed to me that the student at the booth struggled to answer this question, but again, I was only half listening. Throughout the rest of that day and even until now, that question stuck in my mind. I wondered how I would have answered that question. It bugged me so much I even took some time from my next class to do some research on the answer to this question of God's existence. Today I just want to share some of my thoughts on this question. Before moving on, I want to reiterate that I do not have the perfect answer to this question; I can only say what God has shown me.
     The first thing that I think we need to consider is what kind of evidence would "definitively" prove God's existence. If this is a legitimate question that you have, I would ask what kind of evidence you want to see from God. Maybe you want to see God come as an angel, or someone raised from the dead. In any case, this question assumes that God has not shown any evidence that would convince you to believe in Him. If that is true, God would have to do something quite spectacular for you to put your faith in Him.
     The second thing to think about is that God has provided evidence of His existence, but we choose to ignore it. According to Genesis 1:1, God created the heavens and the earth. Now, you could argue that this is not true, but I would have to address that at another time for brevity's sake. Also, we are moral creatures, who abide by a moral law that we can't really explain without God. I've written a couple posts regarding that topic. Lastly, we all deeply long for something greater than ourselves. We try to fill this desire with so many different things, such as technology, money, relationships, or entertainment. There are more evidences for God's existence, but I will stop here.
     Perhaps nothing I have said so far would convince someone who would ask this question. Let me then close with this final point. As I stated earlier, someone who asks this question would probably require God to do something pretty dramatic. Let me ask you this, if it takes something crazy to believe in God, what kind of view would you have of God? You would probably only believe in Him because you no longer have a choice. Your belief in Him would be out of fear instead of what God wants- love. God wants us to believe in Him because He loves us, not because we are forced to submit to His power over us. We should believe in Him because we love Him, not because we fear Him (although there should be a healthy fear of God).
-Smart