The last view of God from Curt Cloninger's film Godviews is called "God in a Box." Church members tend to put constraints on what God can do and where He can go. They keep Him in a box to show to others from time to time. They don't let Him out of the box often for fear He will scare off potential church members. The omnipotent God, the one who created the universe, is too powerful and frightening for the "sophisticated" people of the 21st century.
This view of God in a box gives us the illusion that we are more in control than we really are. We like to be able to pull God out every now and then to show Him off, but for the most part we don't want His interference. We think we are perfectly capable of handling things right up to the point when we realize we can't.
God's will will be done, whether we like it or not. My advice is to take God out of the box that you have placed Him in and let Him have total control of your life.
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