It was Baba that gave me God.  That’s the Guru’s job – to give you access to what is already there inside. But you haven’t been able to find it.  It can be hard to understand God and Guru. They are One, while being different.  I’ll compare it to the front door of your house.  It’s part of your house.  You wouldn’t want that wall to be solid.  You wouldn’t want your house to be without an entry portal.  The Guru is the door by which you enter into…  

—  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

From Gurudevi’s full discourse “For the Love of God“