Two Fat Men On A Small Boat

Expecting God, rather than believing in Him, is like what Hafez writes of when he says that his relationship with the deity is similar to that of two fat men on a small boat: they keep bumping into each other.

Once you realize that you cannot speak to God, you will become eloquent.
Once you realize you cannot see God, you will become sharp sighted.
Once you see that you cannot run and keep up with God, you will become fleet footed.

Let go of  your longing, and you will become the birth of desire, the subject and object of desire, and the fulfillment of desire:  Genesis, the Prophets speaking to God, the Coming of the Messiah.
From the coming of the Messiah, we may cycle again,  or we may rest on the Ararat of perfect satisfaction.
From Nirvana, we may cycle into an infinity of lives, or we may be in Rest.
Birth, Growth, A Life, and Fulfillment.