The God No One Wants

I am amused by the responses people give to the question "do you go to church?" The responses vary but the bottom line is people do not want the God of the bible as their god. They want God to fit a different definition or set of attributes. They want Him to be defined as they believe He should be.

In their view a loving God would not:

• Allow suffering, or death for that matter
• Suggest evil people be put to death
• Demand justice
• Keep Himself from the world
• Make rules that they do not agree with
• Let His Son die

But He would:

• Make everyone righteous
• Heal with miracles
• Not allow sickness
• Reveal Himself physically to anyone that asked

The list could go on and on, but you get the picture.

The curious thing is people want a god that fits their criteria, does their opinion of what is right and proper. In other words, they want to set the standard of what and who God is.

Seems to me they don't want God at all, they want to be God, after all, if He is only as powerful as they make Him out to be, as loving or righteous as they can imagine, He could only be as great as they are, as loving as defined by them.

The God I want is one that is powerful enough to raise me from the dead and give me eternal life. He needs to be so wise I cannot always follow His ways, His love has to be limitless, His justice beyond my understanding and His power so amazing He can create from His very thoughts.

I have never met a man or woman who fit this criteria, I know I don't. I need a savior, one who's justice is beyond my reach, one who loves me enough to let me fail, one who wants me to trust so much that He would not reveal Himself to me unless I believed in Him first, one who loves me so much he was willingly died for me, and did.

I want the God of the Christian bible. He alone is beyond my ability to understand, I cannot manipulate Him, understand Him or even talk to Him, He is to Holy for that because on my own, I do not measure up. But He has provided a way, a path. This path is the one He, as infinite, all powerful, all knowing God, set forth as the only way to Himself, to eternal life and to a truly abundant life. Through His death He has provided a way for me to measure up to His standard. He did this by covering my sin with His own blood which He has declared as the only way to pay for our sins. Then He went one step further and upon my request, He entered into me, took residence in me. Who do you know that could do that? Who do you know that you trust could do that. Who has ever claimed to do that besides the God of the Christian bible.

Those who would have a god of their own making are missing the greatest blessing of life, they settle for being their own god instead of knowing the real God. This is the great tragedy of life, and the afterlife for that matter.

Confess your sins, repent of them, (turn away from the life of sin) believe that Jesus is God, ask Him into your life as your Lord and Savior. The life of a believer is not an easy life, nor do I want an easy life by my definition, but this is a life one can truly LIVE with.

Since making my decision to become "Born Again", I have experienced love and relationship beyond my imagination. But isn't that the point, wouldn't the God of the universe be beyond our imagination.