Thats not God!

Thats not God! Those words were spoken to me yesterday. I had made plans to go see a gentleman at our church who was a guest speaker. The person commenting went on to say the guest speaker was "of the devil". He also went on to say that while he had never been in one of "those meetings" he had been warned by another individual who had seen this guest speaker on a u tube video. I asked him if he had seen the utube video and what had happened and he replied "no, but I heard all about it".
This exchange got me thinking...God has been the author of some pretty bizarre incidents. I wonder what this person would have said if God had told him, "In the morning take thy only son Isaac and sacrifice him on the mountain." Maybe he would have thought..."thats not God!" Or maybe if God had told him to lay on his side naked for an extended period of time.... or watched a staff turned into a snake....when you look at it God has done some "out of the box things".
What is this "box" we seem to put God in. Could it be the arrogance of our finite minds saying we know what God will and wont do? That we know every facet, and plan of God's ways. We know Him so well that we know every dimension and reason why He does what He does. And anything that doesnt fit in that arena is counterfeit?
I must admit I was stretched last night...this speaker and I certainly do not use the same verbage when it comes to God. But we say the same things...God is great, God is everything, He is worthy to be praised, and He loves us more than we could know. Jesus is God's Son who died for us on the cross, He is the only way to the Father and His kingdom, and He is the answer for the world today.
I kept waiting for a devil to jump on me... it never happened and in the end of the meeting I watched as people got prayed for, some cried, some laughed and some even claimed healings to their body in the name of Jesus. I also noticed this morning that when I woke up I felt very refreshed, and to my surprise I slept almost 9 hours, which is 3-4 more than I usually sleep. Maybe my body just needed it, but my sleep was sweet. I do know I am going to be careful of judging who is of God and who is not.