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"God is not Santa Claus"
By Dan Douglass on Jun 7, 2008 | In God | Send feedback »
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Does it feel like God isn't listening to your prayers? Do you need a miracle? Do you need healing? Do you need answers? Most people treat God as this kindly old man with a white beard. They just sit on his lap when needed and read a list of everything they want.
Although the scriptures say: "Whatever you ask believing, you will receive". (by the way, that scripture is true) you don't get answers! Do you really wonder why? Because God is not Santa Claus! You can't just ignore him 11 months out of the year, then give him a list of all your wants, then expect him to deliver.
Gee, Santa Claus would be much cooler, if it wern't for the fact that Santa Claus is not real! God requires a little more from you than Santa Claus. He requires a relationship! Is God real to you? Do you love him? (I mean really) You might say: "That's only for real holy people like the Pope or my pastor".
NO! It was especially meant for "you". But how do I have a personal relationship with God? You have it in the usual way. Could you possibly have a personal relationship with your spouse, if you only talked to them once a day, or once a week on Sunday?
What about your children? Mom, Dad etc. . . ? If you want to see a change in your life, talk to him! No fancy stuff, not on your knee's until they are bleeding, not using allot of impressive "holy sounding" words. Just talk to him.
Do it while the washer is filling up. Do it while waiting at the red light. Just do it! Make it a habit! Habits are easy to make. If you don't believe me, just step over every crack on the sidewalk for a week, after that, it will be a habit.
Talk to God every day at every opportunity for a week and it will be a habit. Only this one will pay off. God "will" reveal himself to you and you "will" start to see amazing things happen in your life. Then you "will" love him. When "that" happens, God help your enemies and those out to harm you.
Don't believe me? Try it! Unless of course you don't like miracles, answer to prayer, blessings etc...
