that will make us right with God because we do not want him to be “on strike.” We long for God to come down from whatever “tree house” he occupies and reenter our lives with his transforming power and compassionate blessing. But how can we make God “come down,” when his standards are so high? — WHAT DOES GOD REQUIRE? — To get a view of how high God’s standards are, we have only to glance at Jesus’ reiteration of them at the beginning of Luke 17. First, Jesus tells his disciples that they must cause