"Make God your God", says the Bible. "Love God with all of your being", says Jesus, "and love your neighbor as yourself". God comes first, before humans.
But what does God want? God is love, is the God of love. So can't we just reduce "love God with all of your being" to "love humanity"?
If you make God your God, you trust him and obey him as well as work for his interests. If you make "the love of humanity" your God, you don't trust the same way, or obey the same way. You run on different fuel and listen with different ears.
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