Where is God in all of this?

I have been a part of an awful lot of religious enterprise in my lifetime but none of it compares to my living encounter with God Almighty. As life has gone by it has become more and more apparent to me that much of what we have done in our various religious venues has been all about us and our ideas. It's kind of amazing when you come to think of it. What we have built in the name of God is astounding. With all of our efforts and wonderful initiatives I can't help but wonder about the presence of God in all of this. My initial encounter with the living Christ had very little to do with my effort and everything to do with His drawing me close to Him and eventually yielding my will to Him. What a glorious moment. My life is deeply marked by that visitation and I cannot find anything man made that compares to the presence and power of God.

I have my doubts that God is involved in much of what we conjure up in our religious tribute to Him. I'm certain that He loves us in spite of all this but I doubt that He really feels compelled to bless all of this activity. God is Holy and far above all of our brilliance. Where is God in all of this? I would think that even the most devout have to be a bit curious about the lack of power and presence of God. I am looking forward to the day when we all begin to see what we are actually sowing and reaping. Our God has to be longing for our attention and at the same time quite angered and jealous over our self-imposed religion. We're all the while making ourselves feel good and at the same time angering our God. He is being denied intimate relationship with us because we have decided to do it our own way.

Lord, open our eyes to this. We are blind as blind can be.