The God Stamp

It's become interesting to me lately how many people approve of something they are doing by stamping it with God's name.

My friend and I were talking about this a week ago in regards to a situation she is facing currently. And I find it in several situations I am faced with. Several Christians all battling against one another saying one thing is right and ones not. And I find it interesting that on both sides of the argument God has spoken. God has spoken to the one side and said to do this, and yet God has spoken to the other side and said to do something else. And only one of the sides that has heard from God lines up with what the Bible say. Some argue and say that time is an important factor, some argue and say the Bible doesn't mean it anymore, it's different now, and still others argue that the Bible wasn't saying exactly that, it meant something different.

I guess I'm writing this because I'm frustrated with that God stamp. Even more so, annoyed because the truth is, "God" can speak anything...but is it the God of the Bible? The God of the universe?? Or is it the god of your mind?? The god of your well being?? the god of what you want?? And it's so hard to distinguish when you want something so bad, you pray and ask God and God says exactly what you want.

And I guess this would lead into the selfish ambitions part of things. Paul says in Galatians 5 that the acts of the sinful nature INCLUDE selfish ambition. But I think oftentimes we forget all about that part of the verse. We almost push it aside because there are far worse sins! Like sexual immorality...idolatry...witchcraft...all wayyyyy worse than selfish ambition. But what I find interesting is that's so not true! Paul lists selfish ambition right there in that verse, next to sexual immorality, debauchery, idolatry, witchcraft and all those other "horrible sins".

Do you think it is possible that out of our selfish ambition we might in fact let God say something He isn't saying?? Do you think it's possible that we put a God stamp on things that God hasn't said because we want to believe it's true, we want to believe it's right, we want to make it okay for us, because we want it so bad??

I just wonder how long people will continue to put the God stamp on things, because I know right now it's starting to frustrate me, it's starting to annoy me...how awful, how obscure, how jaded we have become from who God really is. It saddens me soo deeply.