You down with OPB? You know… other people’s blogs?
Perry Noble’s blog post about the heart of our relationship with God blew me away. He forced me to ask myself the question, “Do I try to manipulate God for what I want by “doing” all the “right Christian things,” or do I do all the “right Christian things” because I want to please my Heavenly Father and Savior.
I LOVE JESUS!
HE IS MY SAVIOR!
HE IS MY KING!
HE IS MY GOD!
HE IS MY ALL IN ALL!
…but would I love Him if I didn’t trust him to provide for me? Do I love him the way I do because I just trust Him to take care of me? Do I love him because He first loved me and covered all my sin so that I can be reconciled with my Father in Heaven.
I was reading a book, I believer it was Crazy/Love by Francis Chan where the author asks a question similar to this:
If you could go to Heaven and have the most ideal life you could imagine…. A life free of financial pressure… A life of every desire fulfilled… A life with your dream house, dream car, dream everything… A life of pure bliss… BUT to have this life you would be separated from Jesus for eternity… would you still want this life?
Tough question? I pray I would choose a life with Jesus above all else, and I believe I would, but part of me would try to pull me away from my Savior.
I love Jesus and I pray that I love Him for Him, not for any other reason.
