Most people desire a god who will give them only what they want. They want a small god!
Why limit God to your desires?
Not only is this the height of egotistical self-centeredness, but it is small thinking.
Do you really want a god who is no more and no better than you? I don't!
… If God is not pure, holy, and worthy of praise and obedience ….
Then, I have no desire for Him.
If I am the very best God can be, then we are in deep trouble.
God is who He wants to be. He chose to be the creator of heaven and earth. He chose to be holy and pure! He chose to be the God of justice with a heart for the poor, lonely, and outcast!
He also chose to be a servant savior, dying for the forgiveness of our sins.
I love my neighbor, but I do not intend to die for his sins. In fact, dying for my neighbor's sin is something I would never do, much less consider.
If God was a mirror image of me or, perhaps you, would God be so merciful, so loving, so gracious, so forgiving?
Quit longing and stop searching, for a god who is just like you. He'd be a major disappointment to you and to the rest of us.
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