Can We Let God be God Sized?

 As I have been involved in theological discussions in my life, I have noticed one thing. Many people attempt to make God manageable. They attempt to understand God using human limitations. Limitations like knowledge, time, and most importantly, free will. People behave as if God is not really in control, just managing some aspects of the universe. Why can't we let an infinite God be infinite in size and scope?

We have this idea that God cannot violate free will, but do we get that from scripture, or a view of a small God? If we pray for people to be saved, wouldn't God override their free will to answer our prayers? If we pray that God keep us safe, would it not require God to override the free will of those who seek to do us harm? If we seek to have favor with authorities, would God not override their free will to give us favor? I am not saying that God created humans as simply His puppets, but scripture really seems to indicate that our free will isn't something that God can override. In fact, free will doesn't seem to exist. We are slaves to sin or slaves to righteousness. Free will is not part of the equation.

Prophecy seems to indicate that free will isn't a thing. For example, if God says that descendants of Abraham would live in Egypt for 300 years, then return to the Promised Land and take the land, could they have used their free will to say no? Could Joseph had decided to stay in Jerusalem until Jesus was born, or did the prophecy override his free will? Could Pilate demand that Jesus be released and not crucified, therefore nullifying the words of Jesus?

People behave as if God experiences time the way we do. That He doesn't know the future, which prophecy already invalidates. Time is not a linear experience for God. Read my previous posts on God being at least a 6th-dimensional being (some hypothesize as much as 11th-dimensional). God exists in all possible realities at the same time. The question that people would ask is "how is that possible?" They ask that question because they have an idea of a man-sized, small, limited God. If they cannot fathom it, they reject it.

To have a proper, Biblical view of God, we need to understand that we cannot fathom God, we cannot understand God, we cannot limit God, and we need to stop trying. It's why we trust by faith, it is our only option.