G.O.D

I had a thought this morning (strange I know) about how we often treat God like He is G.O.D only. What is G.O.D.? Starz movie channel has Starz on demand so you can purchase movies whenever you want. My thought was we treat God like he is our God On Demand. We only use Him when we have a need. Someone is sick, oops call God. An unexpected bill appears, oops call God. Things are going great, (crickets chirping to God) yay me!

There is a great misuse of God in our church culture when we view God as a genie in a bottle. We only feel the need to be in touch with Him when we can't handle things ourself. The sad truth is: we can't handle anything alone! In John 15:5, Jesus says that apart from Him we can do nothing! Is it our American culture that tells us to do things on our own? Is it pride? Is it just sheer ignorance of the depths of our sin nature? Whatever the cause, we need to get back in the Book and learn who we are and who we are in Him.

We need to realize that we still struggle with sin despite our forgiven and adopted state before God. We need to remember what Christ did for us and where we would have ended up without His saving grace freely given to all who ask in faith. What we need is that continual relationship and pursuit of God. We need to have Isaiah's vision of God's holiness. When we see ourselves in the light of God's holiness, only then can we truly understand that He is not the G.O.D. He is the Almighty God, Prince of Peace, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the Creator and Sustainer of all things, Savior, Redeemer, Alpha and Omega, Ancient of Days, but most of all my Lord, Savior, and Friend.

Spend time with Him and make Him your God, not your G.O.D.