What would you do if you’re spouse ignored you? Or made no effort to get to know you, or spend time with you? What if they expected you to do everything in the relationship, but made no effort themselves?
Yeah. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that most of these one-sided relationships are doomed.
So why do we treat our relationship with God the same way?
Yeah. I’m going there.
It’s a sad fact today that many believers, those who claim Christianity, want and expect an abundance of God’s grace and peace but are unwilling to put out any effort in getting to know Him.
We want the blessings, but can’t be bothered to read our Bibles.
We expect God to hear our demands, but rarely bother with genuine prayer.
We assume that since we ‘believe’ we automatically get whatever we want, but church attendance is considered an option, not a commitment.
And then, when He doesn’t perform for us the way we expect Him to, we start blaming Him for our problems.
Here’s the thing.
You can’t blame God for your messed up life, even if you are a believer.
You see, God doesn’t want your empty promises any more than your spouse does. God doesn’t want a one-sided relationship, where He does everything for us but we only come to Him with our hands out begging. God doesn’t want to be your sugar daddy in the sky.
God wants to be in a relationship with us. A full-on committed relationship. One that involves spending time with us every hour of every day. He wants to be our closest friend, the One we can laugh with, cry with, spend time with. If your life isn’t what you expected as a Christian, maybe the problem isn’t with God.
Maybe, just maybe, it’s not God’s fault…did you ever think of that?
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. – 2 Peter 1:2