Dear Santa....... Amen

My God My Santa Claus?

Countless number of sermons have been given on the subject of Blessings. The one thing I find common in all the sermons is that they all talk about the same thing. The Lord will bless you in everything you do, the Lord will give you a promotion, the Lord will heal you from all your diseases, the Lord will provide all your needs (which includes our MAYjor credit card bills, our extravagance, our debts), the Lord will give you everything your heart desires.

If you listen carefully, they are making it sound like God is Santa Claus, “you better watch out, you better not pout, cos santa claus is coming to town… he’s making a list and checking it twice” That’s the essence of what they tell us, be good, and good things only will come to us.

Don’t all preachers say that we will see blessings and god will bless us in everything we do.

I sort of understand when people call this false gospel. Because sometimes the blessing may not come while we are alive, but it may go to my future generations. What if I don’t see my blessing, does that mean I have never been blessed. What about those missionaries who suffer every single day more and more because of their passion for Christ. What about their blessing? Doesn’t God visit them as well? Why do they then suffer so much? There are people are the most God fearing people on this planet and yet they have the worst things happen to them. Why weren’t they blessed with money and protection? Why have their children gone wrong? Where are their blessings after sacrificing so much?

Blessings are so important to us, everyday we pray that God will bless us.

I asked myself do I deserve these blessings, I know I am a child of God. But have I lived my life in such a way to merit such wondrous blessings? Will these blessings stop? If I don’t have one or multiple ones, is my blessing account being depleted? What do I need to do to keep the blessings flowing in?

And that statement made me sick!!!

Have I being worshipping God, to get something out of him, am I treating him like Santa Claus

If I am not good, will he take all my goodies away. Am I worshipping the Lord for the right reason or am I just worshipping him to be safe and get all the things I need.

Would I still love God if he took away everything from me? I would say yes. But everything is not being taken away from me so it is an easy yes.