Why do we think we are God?

You are probaly thinking: “I never think I am God”.

Have you ever disagreed with Jesus on what would make you happy? If you determine what will really make you happy, you play God. If you believe that porn or that person, or that job will satisfy you, you play God, determining what will make you happy.

Have you ever determined what was true? Have you ever disagreed with what God says to be true? When you try and determine what is true, you play God. Do you disagree with God about Hell, gender roles or sexuality? When you try and determine what is true, you think you are God, the Truth.

Have you ever punished yourself for your sin? Have you cut yourself? Have you starved yourself? Have you isolated yourself because “you are not worthy to be in public”? When you try to be your own judge or redeemer, you play God.

You may not be the drug dealer or the drunk, but do you think you are God? When you think you are the judge, the arbiter of truth or what satisfies, you worship yourself, believing you are God.

Believing this lie is to believe the original lie: “…you will be like God…” (Gen. 3:5).

The truth is Jesus is God, He satisfies, He is the Truth, He is our Redeemer and Judge. He is such a better God than we are. He has come and died for our sin, our self-worship, to set us free, to be satisified in Him, to believe Him, to let Him be the Judge and Redeemer.