{"id":3711,"date":"2026-01-20T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/?p=3711"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:54:15","slug":"a-god-created-out-of-hunger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/a-god-created-out-of-hunger\/","title":{"rendered":"A God Created Out of Hunger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=525%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The God who is, not the God we make\" width=\"525\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C862&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1149&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomme-stevenson.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Revelation-of-God-Nimmak-122325-scaled.png?resize=1320%2C740&amp;ssl=1 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>Is your God created out of hunger? There is a quiet danger in faith that doesn\u2019t present itself as rebellion. It feels reasonable. Even reverent. It begins when we try to understand God using only the raw materials of our own experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Exodus 20:3\u00a0\u201cYou shall have no other gods before me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Origin of Hunger<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are finite creatures, bound by time, limitation, and need. Hunger is one of our earliest teachers. We learn the world first through absence\u2014what we lack, what we want, what we fear losing. And because hunger is our native language, we are tempted to use it as our primary reference point for God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But when we do that, something subtle happens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We start shaping God in our own image \u2014 not intentionally, not rebelliously, but instinctively, carving Him from the wood of our own longing. We imagine a God who thinks as we do, reacts as we would, and values what we value. That god becomes understandable, predictable, and \u2014 most dangerously \u2014 familiar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Habakkuk 2:18 19, \u201cWhat profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols! Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Made in His Image<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scripture says we are made in God&#8217;s image. Our temptation is to distort that truth and shape God in our own image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Genesis 1:27<em>, <\/em>\u201cSo God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The issue isn\u2019t that such a god is entirely false. The issue is that he is small. A God born from our desires will always be limited by them. He can&#8217;t correct us because he is created from our assumptions. A god created by us can&#8217;t confront us because he shares our blind spots. He can&#8217;t surprise us because he never exceeds us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is why idolatry in Scripture is often described in terms of simple materials\u2014wood, stone, metal \u2014not because the materials themselves matter, but because they are easy to handle. A god we can shape is a god we can coexist with. A god we can live with rarely changes us.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The True God<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Revelation 1:8\u00a0\u201cI am the Alpha and the Omega,\u201d says the Lord God, \u201cwho is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The true God resists this simplification. God refuses to fit neatly into our boxes. He answers Moses with \u201cI AM,\u201d not with an explanation. God responds to Job not with reasons but with vastness. He enters the world in Christ in a way no one expects and still cannot be contained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And yet, even knowing this, I feel the pull.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I want a God I can predict. A God who agrees with my conclusions. A God who confirms my instincts and sanctifies my preferences. I am tempted\u2014daily\u2014to trade awe for familiarity, mystery for manageability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But a God small enough to be comfortable is too small to be worshiped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Psalm 139:14<\/em>, \u201cI praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps the most authentic stance is not certainty, but reverence. Not mastery, but surrender. To allow God to stay God\u2014even when that means acknowledging how little I truly understand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If I ever find that God fits perfectly within my grasp, it might be time to question whether I have been carving again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/christianitymatters.com\/2021\/11\/03\/stop-trying-to-create-jesus-in-your-image\/\">Instead of becoming who we want Him to become, Jesus is who we need Him to be \u2014 a gracious God who calls us to repent of our sins and trust in His sacrifice on our behalf.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your God created out of hunger? There is a quiet danger in faith that doesn\u2019t present itself as rebellion. It feels reasonable. Even reverent. It begins when we try to understand God using only the raw materials of our own experience. 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