1/24/2023, 0807: Sunday morning I woke up to a reality. I believe the Lord was speaking into my heart that I was relating to Him according to my perspective of who He is and that my perspective was faulty. Jesus wanted to “tweak” my perspective so that I would relate to Him as He is instead of how I think He is: 1) It would change my expectation of Him. 2) It would make me more grateful. 3) It would make me more respectful. 4) It would make me less demanding, and feeling I had the right to be. 5) It would make me more willing to listen and less prone to carrying on monologues. We would actually have a conversation (which is two ways). 6) It would expand my heart to love Him more, instead of demanding that He would prove His love to me over and over (Can Jesus show us any greater love than dying for our sins and being raised from death to reconcile us back to our heavenly Father?) 7) It would make me more obedient. 8) It would make me more trusting and more willing because I will be more understanding. 9) I will relate to Him as Lord and Savior and Master and Shepherd of my soul instead of as a “genie in a bottle” to grant my every wish; in other words as an “idol” of my own making to fulfill my every desire when He should be the object of my desire. 10) I would be less likely to be disappointed in Him and less likely to accuse Him of wrong doing. 11 )All the conditions and “strings attached” would disappear. I would love Him unconditionally as He loves me. 12) Praise would be the order of the day instead of whining and complaining.

Have we made an “Idol” out of God? Isaiah 43;44;53;55; Job 38-42; Revelation 22.