Bartering or Partnering

I heard a great quote recently. 

"Religion is bartering with God instead of partnering with God."

Sit with that for a while. Consider how you may have traded in the offer to "participate in the divine nature" for an attempt to come up with ways to earn God's approval or love. Why, when we have something so beautiful available to us, do we still turn to the cheap impostor of religion?

That's all.