Though
hard to believe, people – Christian people – try to do this. And
they try to do this through being “good” people. I've written
before about Christians who get angry at God because He doesn't
fulfil His assumed obligation to “bless them” because of how good
they are.
In
this slightly different scenario these people try to manipulate God
by saying to Him, “If you make me famous and rich and powerful,
I'll use those things to minister to other people.” I've lost count
of how many Christian clients have told me they want to be rich
enough to have a really big house so they can hold Bible Studies
there.
(sigh)
These
people think they can use their obedience to “make” God give them
what they want.
What's
really sad about this is that those of us who try to control God are
not only blind, but we're blind to our blindness. We're numb to the
motives of our heart. We cannot see the spiritual realities that are
absolutely vital if we're going to be transformed into the people God
wants us to be.
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