Friend or Fan?

I was thinking about God and Facebook.  Imagine that God was on Facebook for real.  You might have two different ways of dealing with Him.  I think this reflects the two ways a good many people relate to God in real life.

1) God sends a friend request.  You don't "friend" God.  He has already sent you a friend request.  God is an initiator, He seeks relationship.  Now you have a choice.  Do you accept His invitation.  He will not hack your profile to force you to be His friend.  Of course, if you hit that little accept button, He's going to see your wall.  He's going to see all those pictures you posted plus the ones you were tagged in.  He's going to read your likes and sayings and various other things on your profile.  Hmm, do you really want Him seeing all of that stuff?  Some of it is kind of embarrassing.   Not sure He would be impressed with what you posted last weekend.  Well, there's always plan B.

2)  Become a Fan.  You go to His Fan page and hit the old "Become a Fan" button.  Now anyone who checks out your page will see that you are a fan of God.  Now that makes things look good.  You also appear on His fan page.  Another plus.  He can see that you are a supporter and you can even write nice things on his fan page.  Now we're talking.   He's there when you want to connect but you don't have to worry about Him getting all up in your business.  Much better.

I think a lot of people try to take that second approach to God in their life.  They want to be a fan, but they are looking to keep a comfortable distance.  God convenient and handy but out of the way on the "fun" stuff.  Problem is, when it comes time for heaven, God will be opening the doors to His friends, not His fans.   God's not looking for supporters or backers.  He sends out friend requests to connect, and that connection is the first stage of heaven.  After all, heaven is just the ultimate relationship of being with God.  So instead of the old "friend or foe?" how about "friend or fan?"