If I Say

If I say, “I’m going to obey God and do everything He tells me to because I believe that if I continually behave, then God will someday give me everything I want and will occasionally reward me for good behavior along the way,” then I’ll be seriously disappointed. This type of ideology is bad theology. God doesn’t promise health, wealth, prosperity, or well-being. What He does promise is to always be with me no matter how difficult life gets. He promises to love me and give me eternal life. His love is unconditional. His life, however, is contingent on my willingness to accept it and believe. I’m so full of doubt and unbelief sometimes, though, it’s no wonder God can’t get anything good to me. I undercut every opportunity. I expect a mess from every situation, so that’s exactly what I get.