A question that occurs to me is, if you didn’t want him for your 70 or 80 years on this earth, you aren’t going to want him in eternity. If you want him in eternity, you want him now.
Beat me to it.
All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,I believe they/we do want Him, but they/we are also caught in a trap of their/our own design ... with the help of the enemy, of course, who is totally committed to our fall.
and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,
and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;
We love our lives and we love the world, all of which are the gifts of a loving Father/God, but we fail, for whatever reason(s), to make the connections between the gifts and the Giver.
At the end, when we are shown Truth and the connections are made, for real, for those there will be a great weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, for the now obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, those reasons are not so obvious in this now. If this is the delusion 2 Thes 2:11 talks about, then it truly is very strong and difficult to overcome.
From the beginning, dying to oneself has always been a worthy challenge in our becoming a peaceful warrior of God, but not always a popular one.