Adam and Eve suffered from it. Moses suffered from it too. King David for a time also suffered from it. The Sheriff of Nottingham suffered from it too. What is it? The God Complex.
The God Complex is wanting others to do things your way and trying to force them to go your way, even when they don’t want to go your way. Adam and Eve thought they were smarter than God and tried to force Him to do things their way because they believed they were right in their own eyes. Out of anger, Moses chose to disobey God and bring water from a rock without giving credit where credit was due. King David wanted something that wasn’t his, even to the point of murdering the husband of the woman that he wanted as his own, forcing his will not only on Uriah but also on Bathsheba because of his selfishness. In the story of Robin Hood, the Sheriff of Nottingham stole what was not his and forced others to give him their hard earned wages to do what he thought was in his best interest through unlawful taxes, while Robin Hood attempted to give some back to the people that which was rightfully theirs.
It seems many of us suffer from the God Complex. But it’s so much easier to point fingers at others instead of looking at ourselves to take responsibility and realize that we need to deal with It too. Let me give you two examples of the God Complex going on today. Part of it is the struggle of wanting to do the right thing, but in the process forcing others to do what you know or believe that is good and right and true. We all seemingly “know” that we are to help the poor among us, and this is good. It’s when we force others though to help the poor where we get the God Complex because we have bought into a lie from the world.
Example #1: Should we help others, especially children, who are hurting? Well, of course we should, but once we decide to support the taking of someone else’s fruit from their labor in order for us to help others, we need to realize that we are no better than the Sheriff of Nottingham or King David when he imposed his will on Uriah and Bathsheba. Imposing our will on others is wrong and really is nothing short of trying to play God with that person. This is the God Complex.
Example #2: Here’s another way we see The God Complex going on in full display in our society and not taking responsibility for ones actions and forcing others to do actions a person desires. It‘s when we see or hear someone pointing fingers and tries to blame Hollywood or the music industry for their problems. Things like a person saying, “MTV needs to make better programming. Instead of making ‘16 and Pregnant’ they need to make something like ‘18 and Graduating’ or ‘I Graduated And Got A Job.’” How about instead of pointing fingers and playing the blame game, you stop watching programming that’s against God, and stop supporting programming that supports a sinful lifestyle? Sure, if people are talking about this abhorrent programming you can let people know you watch something else, but don’t guilt trip them into submitting to what you want them to watch. Tell people the truth, but let them make their own decisions.
Let the God-instituted natural law of consequences and benefits take its rightful place. If people desire to fill their minds with evil, they’ll soon figure out that this path leads to death and destruction. Lovingly allow people to choose their own way, have the opportunity to grow and mature, and to become complete in Christ if they so choose. If they don’t, well, that will be on their own head too. The struggle is when the person choosing death and destruction wants to drag you down that path too and force you to go their way. Then what? Well, that’s a whole other discussion.
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