The Divine is not the same thing as God. The Divine cannot be described in words. Instead we form images and symbols to understand this mystery that surrounds us. Every society has created their own images normally known collectively as 'gods'. Those old gods and goddesses were seen as all-powerful beings in a human shape although if donkeys had gods they would perceive them as donkeys.
We have used the personification of any mystery to hang our thoughts, to focus our attention, to request help. There are many examples: Romans & Greeks had different names for their same gods and goddesses such as Zeus/Jupiter, Aphrodite/Venus, aborigines have Bahloo, Bobbi-Bobbi, Yhi, native American Indian tribes with Napi (Blackfoot) Whope(Lakota); such lists are endless.
Organized religions have tapped into common symbols to provide the basis for their teachings, their rules, their 'control'. In Christianity the Divine is presented as a elderly bearded man who lives out-there: God the Father, and his Son is shown as man hanging from a cross. The cross became the dominant symbol of Christians. Hindus have many avatars (gods-who-came-to-earth) such as Shiva, Rama, Krishna, Shakti, and Ganesh, that represent aspects of Brahman their 'world soul'. Muslims do not allow images of Allah but have 99 names that represent each of his many facets; the Guardian, the Judge, the Nourisher. Jews never pronounced out loud their ancient name of God instead using shortened or alternative versions. This name is never destroyed or deleted in writings and books containing it cannot the discarded. Perhaps this one of the reasons is that 'God' is mentioned only once in 'Thomas' #100.
It is more likely that Jesus was trying to move his listeners away from their fixed ideas of God; those taught by the religions of that time. When such perceptions become permanent in the mind they are difficult to alter. Imagine my struggle with my young granddaughter who wanted to talk about the god-in-heaven she had just learnt in religious studies; (hint: you let it go). When such images are repeated over and over again they become so powerful that they are worshipped through ritual and prayer.
When prayer is directed towards a god-as-provider: "please God let me win the lottery", then something is wrong. Despite the inevitable disappointment of such requests, praying for material gain endures despite the complaints of "God is ignoring me", "Why does He not help me?" Jesus condemns such prayer in Logion 14: "..if you pray you will be condemned"
Such thoughts and actions shut out the Divine.
God is not the Divine. The Divine can only be reached by moving beyond our concept of God that we have fixed in our minds. Only then can we experience the peace, happiness, and joy that Jesus asserts we can achieve in the here and now.