Sunday’s Food for Thought – Not always smooth sailing
The fact that we believe in God as the Lord of our life does not mean our life will therefore be smooth sailing always, and exempted from life’s difficulties.
[Because it’s when we struggle through life’s problems and troubles that we learn and grow even more as a person]
In God, we receive strengths and blessings. Yes. But it is possible too that life’s struggles are ‘allowed’ to take place in our lives simply because of our faith in Jesus Christ.
Now the question is, what’s our real motivation when we come to God?
Do we ask HIM to fulfill all our wants and needs, and to give us our regular requests of good health and material blessings?
Do we ‘command’ God to listen to us, obey our demands and serve our needs?
Do we pray and come to him only when we NEED something from Him?
Let’s look within ourselves, our motivation, and see how we’ve been approaching God so far. And whether we’ve in fact been trying to ‘manipulate’ the Creator Himself, for our own benefits.
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Now that I have my own children, I often can see their needs even before they tell me about them (of course, it’s still within my limited knowledge and capability, being a human and all, and not THE all-knowing God)
And I sure want my kids to come to us and have a close relationship with us, not because they just WANT something from us parents.
But, because they truly love us and trust that as their parents we will surely give to them what they need, and what’s good for them.
if he should ask for bread?
Or if he asks for a fish, would he give him a snake?
You are bad and you know how to give good things to your children.
How much more will your Father in heaven …
Matthew 7:9-11
