1443) Have you ever considered that we are all idolaters? What? I have never made an idol, have you? Yes, we can make physical idols or place other people into the position of God in our lives, but how about when we do it the other way? What about when we make God be and act like people? Isn’t that a subtle form of idolatry?

If I assume God is angry with me because that’s how other people respond to me. If I think God can’t forgive me because others, including myself, have not. These are forms of idolatry.

In Mark 6:34, Jesus had an immense crowd of people waiting for him as he arrived by boat to a place he and the disciples hoped to rest. It must have been a little irritating when they arrived that so many were gathered to hear him speak and beg for miracles, and perhaps the disciples were annoyed that they didn’t even bring anything to eat with them. When mealtime arrives and the people are hungry and perhaps cranky, I wouldn’t have been surprised if Jesus were frustrated and cranky, too, and if I make Jesus like man, this may be true. Instead, Jesus had compassion on them and fed them.

The next time we make an assumption to know how God feels and acts, maybe we need to just let God be God and not God be like us.