We all try to be God

We all try to be God. And it's actually not necessarily a bad thing. I'd imagine there may be some question marks floating in your head over that last comment so let me explain.

People have always tried to be their own gods. Even Adam and Eve who saw and knew the true god still indulged in this sinful thinking. Why? Everyone wants to be secure and most want to be self sufficient. This leads us to sin because we choose to rely and trust in ourselves more than God. We try to be the Father. That is sinful and this is the type of god we strive to be most of the time because it's the most materialistic version of god.

But there are two other sides of God aren't there? As shown by Adam and Eve, striving to be like the Father is sinful. Jesus however is the perfect model of God for us. What makes Jesus so amazing? His unbelievable faith/trust in the Father as well as His complete love for us. The Father gave us Jesus, not only for our salvation, but also to show us what a proper godlike life for man would look like. So Jesus is the god type of complete faith, trust, and forgiveness. Also, He is untainted by materialism but actually says it is a false god that we must be against to be with the true god.

Last, there is the Holy Spirit. I believe it is good to strive to be like it as well though the example may prove harder to follow. The Spirit inspires people. It also grants us many graces but the main thing we could imitate from it is to inspire others to live and follow as Christ would wish us to. From what I can gather that is its main purpose and any who strive to be like it need to strive to achieve that goal.

So, people seem to strive to be the most like the Father but that is sinful because we are not wanting to follow Him...just replace Him...with ourselves. This is shown through the pride we have in our own tools, our reluctance to "give it all to God"(including our struggles), our (at least my) inability to imagine God will interfere with life, our constant and universal view that we know what is best and our constant attempts to mold the world the way we want it.

Instead, we should strive to be like Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The two of them have something huge in common that we need to implement into our own lives (I think). The Holy Spirit glorifies the Son and inspires us to grow closer to Him. The Son glorifies the Father and shows us the perfect model for growing closer to Him. Both the Holy Spirit and Jesus are humble. They allow themselves to take secondary roles to another part of the trinity. They are willing to not be the center of our attention but instead try to help us focus on their beloved counterparts. That is godlike to me. To not care if everyone sees me but to care that they see God through me.