"Isn't it better to view God as just doing the best he can?" Stevendalus asks.
The parent's role is one that mirror's God's role to us, right? Follow me... I know a reason I have to make sure my daughter obeys when I tell her to do something is for more than just safety reasons; its for security reasons. That is to say, if she knows and understands I'm in control of her and her life, I'm then in control of her world. If she views me as strong and commanding, she experiences less fear for the unknown ... like the dark or strangers or whathaveyou. She's SECURE in the fact that I can take care of her, protect her, and control frightening experiences. She's therefore freer to step out in faith and take healthy risks within the structure of my protection and will for her because she seeks my blessings and enjoys my security.
If my daughter instead viewed me as "doing the best I can" that necessarily means she takes pity, sympathy, on me and has compassion for me. She puts herself in my shoes and worries about me. She may either feel like she has to protect me or that she has to take care of herself alone. She obviously cannot fully trust me without viewing it through a sympathetic lens, right? She "takes me with a grain of salt." She sees me as weak and wishy washy. She's not secure in my protection or my will for her. She doesn't trust me to help her make good decisions.
Do I want her viewing me as a strong woman, a leader, an assertive person with my beliefs & morals, and someone who stands up for justice, gives mercy, loves with abandon, and is fiercely loyal, wise, and trustworthy? YES. I don't want to be the opposite. I want her to say one day, "My mother was amazing. She always did the right thing or apologized when wrong. She had compassion on people without compromising morals. She expected excellence from me and always helped me. She taught me right from wrong and loved me without fail."
God is a strong God. He's the one who does not fail. He keeps his promises. He keeps the universe moving so perfectly we can set our clocks by it. He has set the fractal in nature -- the mathematical formula so inherent in our lives Jackson Pollack couldn't help but paint it in his masterful works of splattering paint. (He became increasingly accurate with each painting.) The golden ratio is the spiral you see in ram's horns, sea shells (nautillus, conch, et cetera), pine cones, pineapples, and even the grass in africa's growing patter to name a few places. That's the tangible outcome of God's fractal.
No, this isn't the portrait of a God doing the best he can. This is the portrait of a God whose will is unsearchable, whose will we'll not understand until the day we're united with him fully, without the world and sin between us. This is the God who is bigger than I can imagine. If I could imagine him accurately, He'd not be greater than me. Isaiah tells us God asks the question, "Can you imagine me without diminishing me?"
"For a mere moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercies I will gather you. With a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; But with everylasting kindness I will have mercy on you," says the Lord, your redeemer. Isaiah 54:7-8