Third Answer 22
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22.What often is true of us?
We desire to use the Lord Jesus in a manner tailored to our fancies.
We are never to use God’s eternal love as a means of accomplishing our ends.
God loves us and we love Him.
We are the expression of His Being.
We flow in the Divine will and purposes.
To attempt to wrench this relationship so that the Lord is (we think) hopping around to do our bidding, while we are adoring our idols of people and things, is to miss God’s will and lose His Presence.