If I Were God

 

And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM."  And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you.' "

Exodus 3: 14 NKJV 

What kind of changes would you make if you were the one making them?  What would you do differently?  Would you learn from mistakes, or would you stay with what you knew?  While I'm not trying to dabble in blasphemy, I've often wondered what I would do if I were God.  Granted, my own bloodline is pretty close to the Lord Himself.  The apostle Paul assures us of this in Galatians when he rolls out the truth of Christ in us {Galatians 2:20}.  But being God?  While Jesus told His disciples that if they had seen Him they had seen the Father {John 14:9}.  He also taught them that the Son does only what He sees the Father do {John 5:19}.  So, what would I do if I were God?  What would I do if I had the ability to make everlasting change to my own creation (assuming that I was God, I would be the creator as well)?  Well, one of the first things I would do is rid the world of pain and suffering.  having gone through enough of it myself, I don't believe I'd want my children to endure such things.  Next, I would make it so that my children all got along, for this would surely end many of the conflicts we have seen in our lifetime.  Next I would create a lovely sanctuary for my children and all of my creation to live and a place where I could commune with them.  I'm thinking a beautiful garden.  There is now no suffering, no conflict and my children and I are able to live together in the paradise I created.  But wait, what if one day a serpent came along to convince my children that they could be exactly like me?  Really?  I thought I was God.  Well, believing the deceivers lies, my children accepted the idea that they could be like their creator...like me.  What do I do?  Obviously, the serpent needs to be punished, but what about my beloved children?  How do I express my love and forgiveness for them while letting them know that bad behavior is not acceptable?  Do I punish them physically?  Do I remove from their lives some of which I have provided?  This is one part of being God I would not desire. 

If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God who he has not seen?

1 John 4: 20 NKJV 

Although it is interesting to contemplate what I would do differently if I was God, I fear that I am far from qualified for that position.  For if I were God, each and every decision I would make would be tainted by my human experiences.  As I said, I am definitely in the bloodline of the Lord God through the finished work of Christ Jesus, but being God?  I'm thinking that this may possibly be up for much debate once one knows the truth of Christ in me.  As Paul tells of Christ in us, we are assured that the Spirit of Jesus lives in us.  As I am my earthly father who is in me, so I am in Christ.  So, if when we look upon Jesus we see the Father, am I then God?  I still can't buy into the story that if I am Christ then I am the Father as well.  We know that Jesus is in the Father {John 14:20}.  So, if Jesus is in the Father, then I indeed share in that.  However, I will suggest that Jesus is the very image of the Father {Colossians 1:15}.  It is Jesus who is the image of God {Hebrews 1:3}.  So, I live as He who is the expression of the Father.  That is my connection to God.  I believe that were it not for Christ, that nobody would ever know the Father.  I think I'll allow God to do in me what He desires, and I'll follow Him in my life.  It just works better that way. 

Who being the brightness of His glory and express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Hebrews 1: 3 - 4 NKJV 

~Scott~