I enjoyed Foreigner's music while growing up. They knew the way to tug at the heart strings -- "I Wanna Know What Love Is" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You". Lou Gramm, the lead vocalist, became a Christian in 1990.

One of my college friends Keith has a theory that I like about well-known people who become Christians. Sometimes it's best if they don't have so much notoriety while they're in spiritual infancy. Fame offers such opportunity for a lifestyle that doesn't always coincide with becoming a "healthy" Christian. And there is certainly a need to see spiritual fruit in one's life.

My friend's theory carries a lot of merit, although I believe God can work in any situation. I certainly cannot limit Him after what I've seen of Him in my life.

God uses messed-up people.

And people He uses mess up.

Witnessing these imperfect people makes it reasonable to ask, "So, what's the point of being a Christian then? It has no more value than anything else."

So, why are people drawn to the faith? The song I Wanna Know What Love Is gives one reason (the gospel choir featured in the video give it spiritual overtones; whether or not it was Lou Gramm's prayer, I can't say.)

Is it because you can work on becoming a "good" person? If that's the case, one might consider a few questions: what is good enough? If you're already a "good" person, then you don't need Christianity, right? You know how to use your moral compass.

Still, "good" people are drawn to it because they hope to be with others like them. Like-minded individuals share similar points of view. That has some appeal for me, but I also enjoy people who are different from me; I think it's a good way to grow.

Some are drawn to Christianity because it's a change from a lifestyle that has left them wanting in some way. They want an alternative to dependence on something or someone.

Some are just curious, I suppose.

A person may have many good things in life and still seek more in the faith. Maybe a new perspective. Maybe because a person feels incomplete.

Whatever draws a person, I imagine that it is based on some kind of need. And I've come to believe that God wants to be needed.

Whatever needs are the starting point at which a person reaches out to God, the person often finds so much more than expected. I know I have. What also has begun to be revealed is how much more is available -- and the vast gap between what I could ever think of needing and what I can receive seems to expand.

What I get becomes more and more of an awakening. Unexpected. At times overwhelming. Sometimes it seems dissapointing and inadequate, and I think of walking away. Sometimes it's awe-inspiring. So anyone following Christ cannot possibly become good, because they realize good is just not enough when there is so much more.

Good is not even the point.

This can make one -- even if just in the heart's attitude -- fall prostrate in humility. Especially when one considers that the life and death of Christ bridges that gap between my need and God's sufficiency. Without that bridge, no one could ever get close to the overwhelming and unexpected awakening of surrender to Christ. And Christ makes the differenence.