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Published on October 3, 2007 By Jythier In Religion
There's an attitude, and I can't think of anyone who is not guilty of having this at some point.

It's the same thing as with America, that sense of entitlement that we have, just for being in America, everything should be given to us.

A lot of people look at God the same way, thinking, "Because I'm a Christian, my life should be easy."

Heck, after serving faithfully for years, some Christians say to themselves, "Ok, God, now it's my turn. Serve me."

Here's the problem with that. This attitude shows that, one, you expect something from God, and two, that you have done something in order to DESERVE whatever it is you're expecting. A lot of times this comes up when something bad happens. Your significant other dies, and you get mad at God - as if God owes you a significant other, or anything at all. Well, He doesn't. There is nothing you can do for God that will make it so you DESERVE something from God. In fact, it's quite the other way around - God gave you something you don't deserve at all, and nothing you do can even come close to evening the score, let alone putting it in your favor.

The key is to stop having that attitude of "God, you owe me." and always have the attitude of, "I'll serve you until you say stop."

See, even though we don't deserve anything from God, he continues to pile on His mercy and blessings. We don't deserve them, but he's going to give them to you anyway. It's not right to be mad at God when He did so much for you. His grace will always outweigh your actions. That's why no amount of good works will ever get you into heaven. Because you can't do enough good to get in.

Comments
on Oct 03, 2007
I think a prophet in the Americas by the name of Benjamin said it best:

And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the thanks and praise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and preserved you, and has caused that ye should rejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another—
I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own dwill, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve im with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.
And behold, all that he requires of you is to keep his commandments; and he has promised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth vary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you.


Amen.
on Oct 03, 2007
That's where the message comes from... the parable of the unprofitable servant...

I agree with you. He did say it best. But I may have said it slightly clearer for today's readers.

Thanks to Pastor Dave for giving a great message Sunday. Keep it up, Pastor Dave, nobody can put things quite the way you do!
on Oct 03, 2007
Then again...he sort of has a certain responsibility. I mean...if you get a hamster you can't just let it roam it's little cage without feeding, watering, and occasionally paying attention to it so it doesn't go insane and chew through the cage to escape and then get eaten by a cat. (i.e. Satan)

Did I go too far with that analogy?

~Zoo
on Oct 03, 2007
He does promise us things, and we should expect Him to keep those promises.
on Oct 04, 2007
Problem number 1 of only navigating through the forums - I never know when I'm featured!

Thanks, Featurer! See, God's blessings are raining down on me as we speak, even though I don't deserve them. Or is that Admin's blessings? Hmm...