The Divine Crash

Acts 10:34 says this: “Peter said, “I really am learning that God doesn’t show partiality to one group of people over another.” (CEB)

Another translation says “God is not a respector of persons” Another says “God shows no partiality.”

I think it comes down to it that “God doesn’t play favorites, God loves everyone.”

Yet, too often I want God to play favorites with me. 

I want God to say I’m the favorite.  I don’t want to simply be like everyone else.  I want just a little extra when no one else is looking so I know that I am the favorite.

And if I am not careful then this is how I end up working for my salvation.

If I want that favorite status from God sometimes I think if I work a little harder, jump a little higher, and go that extra mile then God will say “Well done excellent and faithful servant” instead of “Good and Faithful servant.”

To deal with this it means sometimes I have to say no to things, things I might enjoy doing.  It means I need to slow down and sit at the feet of Jesus and just sit there instead of running around.  It means I need to beat to death the part of me that thinks more is better, because Jesus already think I am worth dying for.

Galatians 4:7 says this: “Therefore, you are no longer a slave but a son or daughter, and if you are his child, then you are also an heir through God.” (CEB)

If I am an heir to God then I am set to inherit everything God has….so why do I need to prove myself to anyone or even try to get more than this?  Last I checked God was pretty rich.

What about you? How much of your time is spent trying to impress God instead of just accepting you are saved, loved, and an heir to the kingdom?

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