You got money, or does money got you? You got fame, or does fame got you? You got intelligence... social life... career... religion... or do they got you? You got doubts, or do doubts got you? Etc etc.
What you 'got' in this life, must be small enough for you to 'get', and that's pretty small. 'God, in his wisdom, made it so that man in his wisdom, would not find God.' (1 Corinthians 1:21) If God were such that he fit your mind and even heart and soul, and your 'take' on history and justice and love... He wouldn't fit anyone else's... We fit in God, not God in us. We come forth from his image, not he from ours. And there is a place in and through Jesus Christ where the devil does not want you free, so he holds you back with what you've done and what you know. He wants you desperately to subject God to 'yourself', and so hold you in that small sphere. (Rev 12:10) Same with your own 'heart' and pride. Your heart also wants the 'hold' on God, so will 'condemn you', when God says you're free. (1 John 3:20) Beyond the devil's accusation, and beyond your own heart's condemnation, there's a 'faith space', where God calls you to into unfathomable, eternal freedom.
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