What Comes into Your Mind When You Think About God?

Pastor and Bible teacher A. W. Tozer said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." The creation account in Genesis declares God made men and women in His image. Too often, people have reversed that truth. Instead, we’ve made God in our image. God differs greatly from people. We have some resemblances to God. Someone has said that the difference between people and God is like the difference between people and ants. Here are a few ways that God differs from people and that people differ from God. God doesn’t see things the way people see things. “The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them.” 1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT) God doesn’t count time the way people count time. “You must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.” 2 Peter 3:8 (NLT) God has no needs. “Human hands can’t serve his needs—for he has no needs.” Acts 17:25 (NLT) God can’t be tempted and tempts no one. “God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else.” James 1:13 (NLT) God doesn’t think or act like people. “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts, and my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) The Apostle Paul described God’s “otherliness” this way. “Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!” Romans 11:33 (NLT) People might be like God in some ways, but God is not like people. This is the truest and grandest reality in the universe. It has always been true, and it will always be true. He’s GOD, we’re not!