whether that be an individual or the corporate body of Christ (Eph. 4:16). From birth on, each of us is trying to build a self we can accept. It is the same striving, no matter whether we want to be like God, gentle and good, or powerful or evil. The attempt is to build a character structure that works the way we want it to. All too many Christians, without being aware of it, are still trying to use the Lord to build that good self. Their prayers and deeds are to that end. But that is not the Lord’s design.