What if God was One of Us?

Day two of suggested topics goes to none other than my older sister, Jessi. She may have been kidding when she brought Joan Osborn to the discussion topic board, but it was a great idea; therefore, I am going to go with it.

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in Rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in Rome

God has many names to answer Joan's first question. He is the Alpha and Omega, Yahweh, Jehovah, Counselor, Comforter, Keeper, Almighty and the list could go on.

Now what would I ask him if I was face to face with His glory? There are many questions that pop into my head, most of them begin with "Why..." But I have a sneaking suspicion that if I was face to face with my creator, none of my questions would really matter. I doubt that He looks anything like what we imagine, and I think that if anyone believer or not came face to face with him the reality of who He is would generate belief.

God in flesh, Jesus our Emmanuel, did not look like anyone thought God should and definitely not how the Messiah should. He came from a place where people wondered if anything good could come from (see John 1:26). Jesus hung out with the unwanted people of society: tax collectors, prostitutes and even the occasional Samaritan. The majority of the people in his time wouldn't have given him much of a second look honestly. He was a slob and he was mixed in with the wrong crowd. But doesn't it speak volumes to the worth of all people that Christ chose to be with the outcast?

We were created in the image of God, so I imagine that He is more like one of us than we care to think. Weird thoughts for the day...