Audioslave and an Accurate Vision of GOD

"I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the sky here
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night
The night"

--From the Song, "I am the Highway"

The above chorus is from the band Audioslave, which plays often on my iTunes, but that is a different story altogether. Whether or not there are Christians in this band, I do not know, but this line struck me in an interesting way this morning as I prepared for my first class in the morning.

Why did it strike me? Well, the chorus implies that the person who is being sung to his an inaccurate version of the singer. He/She makes the singer out to be less than what he actually is. Let's run down the list: 1. I am not your rolling wheels, I am the highway, 2. I am not your carpet ride, I am the sky, 3. I am not your blowing wind, I am the lightning, 4. I am not your autumn moon, I am the night.

The person in the song thinking these things sees the singer as less than what he actually is, though still impressive. Wheels are a necessity; carpet rides are amazing; wind is a great force of nature; the moon is a large heavenly body. However, their view is not big enough.

How often do we treat GOD in the same manner? We think big thoughts about GOD, but if they do not take into account all Scripture, these thoughts are not big enough. GOD is not merely a GOD of Love. GOD is not merely Merciful or Gracious in His dealings with us. No, His name is Jealous and His Wrath makes the very mountains tremble and one day will make those same mountains disappear altogether. We have a huge GOD who is not more only governed by Love than He is only governed by Wisdom, Wrath or Omnipotence.