perspective again

Why do we see God as a performance based God?
It is more than the environment we are in....although our environment played a very significant role in reinforcing this view of God.
Essentially, it is due to the fallen nature of man and the scheme of the devil.
The fallen nature of man thrived in "doing something about it". This nature is an offshoot from sin. Sin is choosing to be (self) in control. Sin (self control) opposed the call to surrender (God's control).
Thus, fallen men like us believe that we can do something to please God, to merit His approval, etc. And we WANT to do something..... to be con't...
The scheme of the devil is essentially to distort the picture of God in our mind. When we have a distorted picture of God, it would inevitably affect our faith in God. On the extreme end, when our picture of God is faulty, we may not even be worshipping the right God!
Thus the need for us to return back to the bible and believe the God of the bible.
Let the bible "dictate" the picture of God in our mind...and not our feelings or experiences.
When the image of God in your mind is BIG, the size of your problem will be SMALL!