Part of the series “God Rocks: 101 Amazing Everyday Gifts!” Stories and promises of the awesome blessings God gives us each day. I hope it encourages you today!
The church is at war about whether we should expect abundance and prosperity in this life or not.
Photo Credit: JD Hancock
One camp says, “If you claim it God will deliver it. Whatever you want state it and God will fulfill it.”
The other camp recites their motto, “If it doesn’t play in Calcutta it isn’t true.” In other words, “If what you’re expecting isn’t the same in the most destitute of circumstances then it’s not truth.”
Yet, the problem I see with both of these positions is they leave people frustrated and discouraged.
The first one puts God in a bottle as a genie and us as the master. And frankly God doesn’t play that role so well. So when it fails people think God failed.
And the second view leaves people expecting little in this life beyond subsistence. Which frankly isn’t very attracting.
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