God - a DIY project?

More and more people describe themselves as "spiritual."  The term can mean many different things to many different people.  I imagine such people standing before a cafeteria counter taking a little of this and a little of that and when they get to the end they've created a god that they can be comfortable with, a god that makes no demands, a god that can be put on a shelf, so to speak, that can be taken down when needed.

Here's another quote from Ray Comfort's book, "Faith is For Weak People."  He describes very well what happens when we make god a DIY project:

When we create a god in our own image, we predictably shape him to conform to our sins.  This is what you will hear someone say they believe in God and almost in the same breath say that it is a woman's right to choose the death of her unborn child.  That god doesn't mind murder.

Hard words to hear.  However, one of the dangers of a DIY god is that it naturally lets us do what we want to do, without consequences.  And when life's troubles pay a visit, how does a homemade god offer comfort, provide strength and give assurance of being present in the lowest of times?

Worship the one true God, one not of your own making.  Worship the God who made you, gives you life and provides for your every need.  Worship the God who is full of love, so much so that He gave His one of a kind Son, Jesus, to redeem you of your sin, so that you didn't have to face the God of judgement.  Worship the God who won't abandon you in your time of trouble nor leave you to figure out your way to heaven. 

I'm a guy whose DIY projects usually end in disaster.  How good to know that our God needs no assembly required.  Instead, we echo the words of the psalmist: Lord, You have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting YOU ARE GOD! (Psalm 90:1-2)