Lifting God Up Too High?
August 10, 2009 by Gary Chiles
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Can we lift God up too high in our minds and hearts? My answer is “kind of.” Let me explain. Technically, we are seated with Christ in heavenly places, so by lifting God up higher, we, in effect, are lifting ourselves up as well. And what feels great about lifting Him up in worship from this position is that we can sense ourselves soaring above our problems.
But what I sense is this: without realizing it, we tend to see God way up high and ourselves way down low. He becomes unreachable. Sometimes when we lift God up “high” in worship, it can be easy to become somewhat disconnected from God. He becomes way too “holy” and supreme (which He is, of course), but we view ourselves as lowly; we are way too sinful and unworthy to interact with Him, forgetting that we are clean and holy through Christ.
Without realizing it, we put God up out of reach, separating ourselves from Him in our minds and hearts, when in reality, He wants to be intimate with us. God wants to be “face to face” with us, like He was with Moses (Exodus 33:11); He wants to be our friend, like He was with Abraham (2 Chron. 20:7).
We need to remember that His goal is always relationship. We were created for love. When we lose sight of this, we lose sight of Him. So please, don’t lift God up too “high”!
Hi. I think one of the enemy’s tricks is to convince us that God, i.e. the Father, is too great for us to commune with even though the Word teaches that Christ is our mediator and we can come boldly to His throne. In the work place, I notice people talk about God in more an abstract way, He is above and beyond their touch. However, Jesus brings us closer to the Father and shows us The Father’s will and His ways. God is really within our reach…that concept is both amazing and refreshing.