Have you ever felt used? People were nice to you because they needed you or because they wanted something from you?
That terrible feeling of being discarded after you have been squeezed dry. It is a universal feeling we have experienced multiple times in our lives. That horrible realisation that ‘I have been used’.
I wonder if God sometimes feels like that – used? People use him to get something, but when things go well they forget about him.
So much of our modern day Christianity is about us, our health, wealth and happiness. God tends to become a magic genie we call on, fetch, fix and feather our nests.
People come to him for his miracles, his ability to multiply the fish and bread.
When we read the Bible it is to find formulas to get what we want. When we pray it is all about ourselves. It was Jesus that showed the world true faith when he prayed, “Thy will be done”.
Maybe 21st century Christianity has moved from theology to me-ology.
P.S. Who or what is in centre of your world?
