We are called to do God's will, not our own. This is an essential command given to us by the Lord in His prayer. Problems typically arise when we make gods of ourselves. This is idolatry.
According to the atheist Jean-Paul Sartre, "Man, fundamentally, is the desire to be God." Friedrich Nietzsche joked, "If there were gods, I could not bear not being one. Therefore, there are no gods."
As Christians, we might identify with the longing of these philosophers, because we believe that we "come to share in the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4). We do not simply strive to imitate God, but by means of grace working in us, we come to share in the very life of the triune God.
At every Mass, the priest quietly prays, "By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity."
Just as Christ our head is not only human but also divine, so through the sacramental life of the Church we become divinized or deified.
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