We have turned into such a selfish society, that yesterday as I was just spending time w/ God, He asked me a question... And I really had to think about it... have we (as a whole) lost focus on what we should be focusing on? Are we in it just for ourselves or are we really in it because we really desperately long for a more intamate relationship with God.?...
...So ask yourself,
If God NEVER answered another prayer you prayed?
If God NEVER performed another miracle you needed?
If you only got the relationship, without ANY of the benifits...
Would you still serve him w/ the same heart and passion?
Honestly, think about it... Are you in it (this lifestyle and belief system) for the benifits? Or are you solely concerned with the relationship? Honeslty, which is more important to you?
Can you truly say, "If God NEVER EVER EVER did another thing for me, I would still love and serve him just the same."?
2007-07-30 02:54:49 · 14 answers · asked by TRV 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some of you are missing the point, I know that God gave us life and he created everything...But i am asking: If God never "showed out" in your life again, Would you still serve him?
2007-07-30 03:08:49 · update #1
My friend I serve and love God because of who he is. However, many people are seeking the provision instead of the Provider and hence their (or our) motives are wrong. This sort of teaching or doctrine has come about by many Christian leaders who teach that we MUST have this and that and so on.
To comment on the selfishness of people you are absolutely right. The human nature since the fall of man has always been about himself (me, myself and I). However that is why Christ came and now we have the Holy Spirit to help us to be like Christ who was not selfish but gave Himself for others to please the Father.
So as a believer I bless God for the benefits that come from being His child (Ps 68:19), however, I must not get distracted but continue to seek and pursue God relentlessly with or without the goodies.
To answer your last statement, I am not going to say anything because I am a recipient of salvation through Jesus Christ. So I really do not know but I would like to say YES! Because I love HIM.
2007-07-30 03:13:02 · answer #1 · answered by bevaun 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are talking about a desert here. We go through times in the wilderness when we have been luke warm Christians. It is those who press into God who will come out of the wilderness. Most never do.
I spent 14 years in the wilderness. It was a miserable thing. Then one day I heard the Lord's voice. He said to me, "Matthew 6:33: You know this stuff. Why aren't you doing it?"
At that time (about 6 1/2 years ago) I started to press in. I came out of my desert, and am now seeing signs miracles and wonders. Broken arm's healed, hernias healed, cancers healed...
2007-07-30 05:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by Caveman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would still love him and serve him just the same because the greatest Gift God has given me is Himself.
His beauty, His love, His wisdom, His insight, His joy, His presence, all his transcendent attributes.
Why trade the Everlasting Beauty for an earthly beauty that must die?
God is the reward. What happens in our day to day life is rather unimportant in the bigger picture.
2007-07-30 03:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How would you know? That is the more important question.
How would you know if God did anything for you? It's strange but everything that has happened to me has been the result of hard work, random chance or physical reality. I have seen no evidence of any divine intervention in my life.
2007-07-30 02:58:54 · answer #4 · answered by UpChuck 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I would. The reason I can honestly say YES is that God has already done enough. He forgave my sins, He loved me first, He created us, He gave His Son. That's enough for me. All that other stuff is just added bonuses.
2007-07-30 03:03:24 · answer #5 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baby............YES!
We have people in our lives everyday, who don't do a thing for us, some even cause us a lot of pain.....yet we still love them don't we?
God, the giver and sustainer of life....doesn't owe us ANYTHING buy has given us much.....so if he decided never again to do a single solitary thing, I would still LOVE Him and remember all that He has done already.
2007-07-30 12:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Lord sustains me and keeps me from sin, but I rarely ask more than His will be done.
If the carpet was pulled out from under me, I do not know how I would act, but I know my faith in God wouldn't be shaken.
2007-07-30 02:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by nom de paix 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Set apart I say like Job. "Though he slay me, I would still trust". I Love Jesus.
Romans 10:9
John 3:16
2007-07-31 15:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My thanks in prayer are for blessings received not what might be received in the future. I do not pray to ask God for anything except good health, everything else is minor compared to that.
2007-07-30 02:59:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created everything. That includes everything you will ever need.
2007-07-30 02:59:22 · answer #10 · answered by wisemancumth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋