- Jul 8, 2007
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In America, we have become very selfish beings. We become angry or agitated if the line at McDonald’s is too long, or if we get stuck behind someone driving too slow on the road. We have become a fast-paced, me-centered humanity.
With our selfishness, comes a way of thinking that is all about getting what we want. In a society all about Me!, Me!, and Me!, we get the things we want. Whether the means working a few extra hours at our job in order to get the new iPhone, the slickest new gadget on the market, or the double chocolaty chip Frappuccino® blended crème from Starbucks. We work and get the things we want.
Except, God doesn’t work like that. God is NOT a formula. We can’t say the “bible reading + church on Sundays=God’s Blessing.” God is much more complex! (God is complex; NOT to say that the message of the cross or Christianity is complex). I really feel like people think they can control and manipulate God’s blessing or prosperity in their lives. I do not agree.
I believe that God is not interesting in our selfish agendas. God is bigger than that. As human begins, God’s creation, we can’t out God in a box and think we can control him! God is an untamed lion and he refuses to be put in a cage and be subject to our every want and desire.
God wants You and He wants to use You. He wants to Prosper You, but everything is on his terms… NOT OURS! We do go to church on Sundays, we do read our bibles, we do disciple others, we do show love, we do pray, and we do have faith. There are all things we do because of God is doing in us. We do not do them in order to get something worldly or material. We do these things because of our experience with the one and true, living God.
In this society, we must rethink how we live and what we do. Selfishness and materialism have distorted how we think and operate, but God is here to make things clear and set your eyes upon Himself.
Set your eyes on Jesus. Serve Him because of who He is, not because of something you want. God is not a formula to everything you want; don’t treat him like one! Instead, serve, love, grow, and live for Him because of His greatness.
With our selfishness, comes a way of thinking that is all about getting what we want. In a society all about Me!, Me!, and Me!, we get the things we want. Whether the means working a few extra hours at our job in order to get the new iPhone, the slickest new gadget on the market, or the double chocolaty chip Frappuccino® blended crème from Starbucks. We work and get the things we want.
Except, God doesn’t work like that. God is NOT a formula. We can’t say the “bible reading + church on Sundays=God’s Blessing.” God is much more complex! (God is complex; NOT to say that the message of the cross or Christianity is complex). I really feel like people think they can control and manipulate God’s blessing or prosperity in their lives. I do not agree.
I believe that God is not interesting in our selfish agendas. God is bigger than that. As human begins, God’s creation, we can’t out God in a box and think we can control him! God is an untamed lion and he refuses to be put in a cage and be subject to our every want and desire.
God wants You and He wants to use You. He wants to Prosper You, but everything is on his terms… NOT OURS! We do go to church on Sundays, we do read our bibles, we do disciple others, we do show love, we do pray, and we do have faith. There are all things we do because of God is doing in us. We do not do them in order to get something worldly or material. We do these things because of our experience with the one and true, living God.
In this society, we must rethink how we live and what we do. Selfishness and materialism have distorted how we think and operate, but God is here to make things clear and set your eyes upon Himself.
Set your eyes on Jesus. Serve Him because of who He is, not because of something you want. God is not a formula to everything you want; don’t treat him like one! Instead, serve, love, grow, and live for Him because of His greatness.
