Everywhere you look you see “designer” products. Anything you can think of has a designer name on it. Apparently, having something made according to the style or preference of someone whose name we admire makes it more desirable to us.

If we’re not careful, this desire for the unique or specialty product can extend into our spiritual lives as well. All too often when we think of God we make him into who we want him to be. We may take bits and pieces from various religions or we may shape a god according to our own preferences. The end result is a designer god, a god of our own making. We may call him “God,” but he’s not the God of the Bible.

God is who he is. He has revealed himself to us in the Bible and we are to love him and trust him as he is.