House of God

Me:  Nice house!

Prodigal:  Thank you!

Me:  I am actually going to share about houses today.

Prodigal:  I am ready.

This is from How to Rise Above Burnout by Malcolm Smith

You understand why religion was invented.  It was to keep God at a safe distance.  I used to believe that all the religions of the world were men reaching our for God.  It isn’t.  All the religions of the world are there to keep God at a safe distance.  You see, man knows there’s a God, but he’s scared spitless of Him, so he’s got to keep Him away.

So I know what we’ll do…we’ll build a God-house and put Him in there!  So we have the “house of God.”  That’s got Him off my back.  If He’s in His house, He’s not in mine!  We’ll give Him a certain day.  That’s it, we’ll give Him one day.  That gives me six.  I’ll give Him times.  We’ll have hours of prayer.  That means I won’t have to pray all the time.  Religion says, “Spend fifteen minutes in prayer everyday.”  That gets Him off your back.  Fifteen minutes.  You’ve got the other twenty-three and three quarters.  Right?  Keep Him at a distance.  See, I know He’s there, but keep Him at a distance.

I tell you what we’ll do….we’ll employ people full-time to talk to Him.  Then I don’t have to, see.  Religion.   All religion is like that.  I’m not joking.  Religion keeps God at arm’s length from man.  And now religion is uneasy.  Why?  Because the God they’re supposed to represent has really turned up among them.  And they’re very upset.  God has escaped!  He got out of the house!  And He’s walking among them, and He doesn’t fit at all what they thought He was like.

God escaped!  Don’t worry this is going to be fun!   The Lord and our path will be guided by His light.

Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have no see, and yet have believed.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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