it occured to me today that God is not an ego. not super-ego. not even omni-ego. when we talk about God being all about His glory, His name, His image, we're not talking about His super-omni-ego...which is difficult to grasp, for us ultra-egocentrics.
the Bible says that God is Love. it's the greatest Commandment and the fulfillment of the Law. it's what we are told to pursue and what is promised to never fail. it's the Cause for all the universe and the Effect in all its glory. Love is why we exist and as we live and seek Love, Love is manifested in all its - or rather, His glory.
God is all about His glory, because His glory is Love.
God is all about His name, because His name is Love.
God is all about His image, because His image is Love.
Love is not self-seeking.
when God is all about Love, He is not self-seeking. the Bible says that He humbled Himself, to the point of death, even death on a cross. what we humans, in our ego-centric nature view as a lowering of the Godhead, God views as an elevation of glory, an exaltation of Love.
God Himself subjects His own Being to the laws of Love.
patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, forgiveness.
purity, righteousness, justice, holiness.
truth.
God does not call us to worship His ego.
He calls us to a fellowship of Love. and to be conscious and fully aware of our interaction with Love. to give ourselves to utter abandonment of self and jubilate in the glory of Love. this is what God is about. and what He calls us to be after.
He did not create Love. He is Love.
He created the universe out of Love. to reveal Love.
but He created us in Love. in His image, He created man and woman.
to worship is to seek and pursue Love, with heart, soul, mind and strength.
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