Lincon's Hat

What would you say if I rolled a golden cow in front of a mirror and the reflection was you?

“In god we trust”

I was praying this morning and really started thinking about that statement. I started thinking about all the views there are of God. I have recently come into contact with a few Mormon’s and some Jehovah Witnesses who both claim to have a proper understanding of the God of the Bible. Then there are Muslim’s and numerous other monotheistic religions out there that would all claim they know God.

What do we do with this? Do we side with the relativist who says these all hold bits and pieces of the truth, but none can know what is absolutely true? By no means!

That is another discussion in and of itself. Here is the main concern in my contemplation, how many people in America claim to know the same God I claim to know, but have a totally different view of who he is? Where are these views formed?

You often hear people say, “Well, my God would never…” Then you look at instances in the Bible where God does just what they said their God would not do.

Here’s the problem… People have created a god in their image, and made him out to be who they want him to be. He would not create someone a homosexual and then say that being homosexuality is wrong. He would not send someone who did more good than bad to hell. He only sends the Hitlers and child molesters to hell. Everyone else gets in on the “You did your best” card. The list could go on, but I’m sure you get the gist of where I’m coming from.
So many people trust in a god that has not been revealed to us through scripture, so many people believe in a god that doesn’t exist… and to be completely honest, THIS IS PURE IDOLATRY.

People are trusting in, and serving, and worshiping an idol.

Let’s be honest here… if our God can be defined by us then he is not worthy of our praise.
God must be defined by something that transcends us, His holy and revealed Word. We are the finite trying to understand the infinite. So what we have of his revelation is more than enough to lead us to a basic understanding of him and a saving knowledge of him, but it is not something we can fully wrap our minds around.

God cannot and will not fit into a box that we’ve created.

Please do not form an idea of who God is without scripture at hand. If you do this then you will create a god in your image. What a manipulative trick Satan has used. Sure, a golden cow would be easy to spot and destroy; but we’re not looking at a cow… we’re looking in a mirror.

In what God do you trust?