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C.S. Lewis once wrote that the Son of God becoming a man to save humanity could be compared to a man becoming a frog (a man-frog) to save all the frogs of the earth.

I would claim that any man becoming a man-frog to save frogs would be a really desperate act. I read a headline yesterday about the dolphins searching for clean water in the Gulf so they can survive. Could you imagine a man becoming a man-dolphin to save all these dolphins?

I'd say that would be not only desperate, but rather obsessive.

So if the Son of God was so clued in...
...to become a fetus...
...to become an infant whose diapers needed changing...
...to place Himself under the authority of mere human parents...
...to be subject to accusations that He was possessed by a demon (John 8)...
...to become a target for stoning and hate...
...to place Himself under the authority of civic leaders...
...to undergo whipping and lashing...
...to be nailed to the torture "machine" of their day -- the shame and scandal of a cross...
...to endure every single sin of every man and woman from history past to our history consummation...
...that's all rather "obsessive"...

So...consider the "Company" Christians keep.

Btw, an obsession can be good or bad.

(Hey, we at least generically/conceptually agree on something here -- even if we disagree on the details).

As the apostle Paul said (Gal. 4:18): It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good.