As we grow and experience in the world we encounter various forces which affect our lives.
These include worldly authorities and powers that impose their ideas on everyone.
We can mistake these brutal and intimidating powers for God and assume that because life is tough and demanding that God is tough and demanding Himself.
But this is not the case.
The Bible tells us to seek God's Face.
If we do this through study, prayer, contemplation, and love we will find that God is quite different.
God is merciful, forgiving, compassionate, understanding, reliable, and steadfast in love.
God is beautiful and sublime.
God is on the side of the poor and the oppressed.
He lifts us up and sets us free.
So don't mistake worldly powers for God, the truth is quite the opposite.
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