{"id":253,"date":"2014-05-18T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T06:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=253"},"modified":"2014-05-18T22:08:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T06:08:57","slug":"wild-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"Wild God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh Almighty God, indeed You are a wild God. \u00a0Your beginning does not exist and You have no end.\u00a0 You seek no council and Your decisions are perfect.\u00a0 Men want to define You and control You.\u00a0 There are those who would put You in a box and put You on display as they have assessed who You are.\u00a0 Yet that is foolishness.\u00a0 There are no molds for You.\u00a0 You are who You are and You will be who You will be.\u00a0 There is only one God, none before You and none after You.\u00a0 None stands beside You, none resides above You, none can sneak up behind You, none can undermine You and none can stand before You and prevent Your going forth.\u00a0 Men domesticate animals and make them into something they can understand.\u00a0 Men want to domesticate You.\u00a0 They say to us \u201cThis is God\u201d and put their image of You on display for us.\u00a0 They know nothing.\u00a0\u00a0 You, oh God, cannot be contained, defined, controlled or limited.\u00a0\u00a0 You, oh God, are not a wild animal that can be domesticated to obey their will or to fit their feeble image of You.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Men do not change You, as if You needed to be changed.\u00a0 You change men.\u00a0\u00a0 You are perfect and there are no imperfections to remove.\u00a0 It is You who change men to move them to be more like You, perfect.\u00a0 Precious Lord, it is blasphemous to remake You.\u00a0 It is arrogance and ignorance that motivates the effort. \u00a0We do not define You, You define us.\u00a0 That is as it should be. \u00a0You, my Lord and my God, are indeed a wild God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Corinthians 4:6-7<\/strong> &#8211; 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