Whenever human parts or characteristics are used to describe nonhuman things or
beings, it is called anthropomorphism. We know that God is Spirit, and those who want
to worship Him must do so in spirit and truth. However, in order to help our
understanding of who He is, Scripture uses human terms to describe some of His
actions. For example, the priestly benediction in Numbers 6:25 refers to God making
His face shine upon people. In Isaiah, God said that His hands are not short neither are
His ears deaf. While these attempts at describing God could be helpful, they sometimes
pose a problem. The challenge is that when we hear of God’s eyes, we may think that
they are exactly like human eyes. That will limit our understanding of His capacity and
what we can receive from Him.
“We must always allow the Spirit of God through the Scriptures to realign our perspective.”
Everyone has a concept of God. This concept, right or wrong, regulates what we say of
Him and how we relate with Him. The trouble some people have is directly tied to their
concept of God. The gentleman described in our text was not an atheist, he believed in
the existence of God. His trouble was that he judged God from a human perspective.
He was so engrossed by the dire situation of their nation that he thought a turnaround
was impossible. He died because he had a faulty concept of God. He believed that the
resources in heaven were not enough to meet the needs on earth. We must always
allow the Spirit of God through the Scriptures to realign our perspective.