Have you ever wondered why so many people have such a different view of God? It is an idea that has puzzled me since I was a child. We have the Bible and it tells us so much about Him, yet so many people focus on just one attribute of His personality/character/actions, and they live their life according to that one attribute. I don't get it. I don't get why some people see God just as an authoritarian, or just as a Savior, or just as a bank.
God gave us the Bible in which He reveals so many aspects of Himself to us, yet so many people still get caught up on just a pocket of facts about God. I met a lady recently who was caught up on the God of the rules. She couldn't comprehend why God would grant eternal security to mankind. In her mind, man would run amuck if they knew they could go to Heaven. Her God was limited to a rule-maker and rule-enforcer.
Many people get caught up on a reverse attribute of God - His love. Instead of being an authoritarian God, they see only a loving God who wants them to be happy. A God who grants them the freedom to do whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want. No matter who's rules they violate - because God is love and will love them anyway.
One day I was just meditating on God… ok, and I was being flustered about that fact that some people think that we should only sing Gregorian chants to worship God, and other people think we should only sing from the hymn book, and other people have never even heard of the hymns, and only want to sing the "newer, faster" songs. [Come on people, we all worship the same God! Why do we constantly have to argue about the differences in music? Some of you are off in left in field, but really, God is not that boring to create only one style of music for His worship.]
That's when it hit me. My God is not a boring God. My God is a creative God!
The more I study my God and learn about His characteristics and attributes, the more I will discover great freedom knowing my God. He is the master of variety and a variety of music will appeal to Him. Worship is not bound to just one style, just as my God is not bound to just one attribute. God is far too creative for such things.
Look at the world around us. Is there one ounce of anything that leads you to believe even for a moment that God could be boring? NO! Everything about His creation declares His glory. Not just that - His creativity! There are so many varieties and species and exceptions to animals, bugs, plants, people, the universe. Scientists can't wrap their brains around it. Evolution doesn't explain it. That's because we have a creative God!
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