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Hi Karen,

Great reflection. We absolutely DO get our idea of God from the things around us instead of letting Scripture be the primary formation. And ... it's not a good approach to life!

Tozer once wrote:

"What comes into the mind when we think of God is the most important thing about us, for we tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God."

When he says that our (false) ideas of God "are the most important things about us," he means we really, REALLY have to examine them. Because they those ideas drive our actions, thoughts, emotions, and judgments. We think they are real, but only what Scripture says is real.

But CS Lewis (who liked Tozer) read Tozer's comment and responded with this:

"I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important."

And what does God think of us??? We read about it in Scripture when we see Jesus on the cross.

And that ... that brings us full circle, because it changes what we think of God :-)

Sam

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