Let God Out!

He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30

There's too much of us in our faith. Too often we try to define God by our religion instead of the other way around. We don't get to define God! And we don't get to put Him in a box, tailor made to suit our ideas, desires and philosophies. God is the point; not us. Until we learn that, we're in this tug of war, trying to pull Him to where we want Him to be. That's what was wrong with the Pharisees: they tried to define God in their terms. They disbelieved Christ, not because they were insincere or didn't believe the Scriptures, but because they SINCERELY believed WRONGLY. They had their own ideas, passed down through generations of rabbis, as to what the Scriptures taught and meant...and Jesus and His teachings didn't fit what they thought the Messiah would be. They were trying to fit God into a box. Their faith was "me-centric". We need to stop trying to hem God in. He's big. Cut back on self some, and you'll be able see that.