There's a joke about a devoted believer who became stranded on the roof of his house during an enormous flood. As he was sitting there, his neighbor on a raft came along and urged him to board it. "Thanks, but God will save me," the man refused the help. As the water was rising, a rescue boat came, but the situation repeated and the man on the roof refused the help with the reply that God will save him. Thus the boat left and the water was rising. An hour later a helicopter searching for last survivors was flying by. Rescuers were urging the man board the vehicle but the man refused again, maintaining that God will save him. Eventually the man drowned and he appeared before God at last. "My God, why didn't you save me?" he complained. And God just rolled his eyes, "Are you crazy? I sent you a raft, boat, and even a helicopter."

Well, you are like that man. Your stubbornness with which you cling to your foolish ideas about who God is, what he's like, and how he operates will eventually cost you your life. Not that you were truly alive now, but continuing on your path you also never will be. And what's worse, you work really hard to make others follow you where you are heading. Well, you are making your own bed.