It absolutely cracks me up. But it is kind of true, isn't it? We want a God who suits us and our needs and is cool with what we want to do. I call it Burger King church: Have it Your Way!
But it doesn't work that way and that's good.
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." Luke 9:23
Also, Paul says,"I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out" Romans 7:18
Sinful nature can boil down to doing things our way according to our agenda.
My daughter needs rules and perimeters. If I slack on enforcing them, she gets out of control. If I allowed her to do whatever she wanted, the house would be destroyed, I would have no books in tact and my walls would be covered with her amazing artwork.
Denying yourself isn't a bad thing. If I didn't, I would be 800lbs, drunk and angry all the time!
Seriously, I would!
The great thing is God has a whole book that we can read that tell us what is great for us and what is not so good and what is deadly to us.
Watch out Oprah, my book club just started.
First book: The Bible
Now look under your chairs, you won a new car!
Nope, no new car but wouldn't that have been cool. How about this...
Put God first, read this book and apply it to your life and you will feel BETTER than winning a new car. New cars get old...new life is eternal!
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