We live in an age in which human beings are so confused about their identity – "Who am I?" – that they walk around wearing T-shirts identifying with athletic shoes and other manufactured products that speak their identity. "Whew! There! I'm not me. I'm really somebody! I'm wrapped inside a smelly sock surrounded by canvas and synthetic shoe rubber, running down the athletic court! Thank God! I finally know who I am!"

Yes, Your Stinkiness! You are no longer a child of God; you are free advertising space for an athletic shoe brand. Congratulations on your new identity!

If you think that you are confused about your identity, just imagine what God goes through! Hmm … let's see, I wonder where Miranda is today? What is she up to? An operation? Why didn't she tell me she was sick? A sex-change operation? No! I made you a girl, Miranda! There's a child you have to have when you grow up and get married! Boys can't give birth! Why didn't you ask Me, first?

That's an excellent question. Of course, we should expect no less from God. It's not that He is too busy or difficult to find, for His Word tells us that God is everywhere present – including inside of us. For that reason He is not difficult to find. Most of us have no problem asking our friends what we should do about a certain situation, or posting our dilemma on social media and seeking the collective wisdom of the aborted Star Trek Borg, perhaps better known today as the collective consciousness. Yes, that's the ticket! Ignore God and just ask everyone else! What could possibly go wrong?
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Those whom God is now clearing out of the way are so arrogant and self-absorbed that they do not even realize that it is now the Creator God of the Universe that is fighting against them. Even the Pharisees in the New Testament had the presence of mind when they were fighting against Jesus' Disciples to ask, what if we find ourselves fighting against God (paraphrased). But not this crowd today.