Is there a difference between being Christ-like and God-like?

I just remembered that Jane brought this up last night (perhaps she’ll write on HER blog again someday): Is there a difference between striving to be like Christ and striving to be like God? I haven't given it a lot of thought yet, but it is certainly intriguing. In the Bible we are told to be Christ-like. He is our example; we are to take up our cross and follow him; our mind and attitude are to be like his. Christians are to be followers OF Jesus. And, yes, I know that Jesus was in fact God. But is there a reason we were told to be like Christ, rather than to be like God? I mean, it is God who will separate the wheat and the tares. God is the judge. God is the maker and sustainer of all things.

Do you suppose part of the problem with humans is we would rather be like God than like Christ? Christ didn't control his own destiny, so-to-speak ("not my will, but yours be done"); God ordered Creation. Christ said 'turn the other cheek'; God took out his wrath at will. Christ said 'blessed are the poor... the meek... those who mourn and suffer, etc.; God said 'I Am.' Was Christ's temptation in the desert not actually a tempting to display "God-like-ness"? And he resisted.

It just makes you wonder... when we think it is up to us to control human events (war is only one example)... are we trying to be God-like, instead of Christ-like? Just a thought.