For His Glory...not ours

I find that the prosperity gospel is alive and well all over the world...

You hear people say that positive thinking is the answer...if you think positively everything in your life will go well...

You also hear people say that if you a christian all good things will happen to you...that God is just waiting to bless you with wealth and prosperity...

Today I heard someone say that God's will is to grant all you all of your goals and desires...

I find those theologies hard to swallow but I know they are not new ideas...after all, it was Job's friends who also believed the same things...Job's friends believed that Job must have sinned to deserve all of the suffering he incurred...

BUT in reality, Job found FAVOR in God's eyes...God's plan and will is not to grant our desires, our goals, or our dreams...His will and plan is to bring GLORY to Himself.

He created us for HIS glory, and it is often our sufferings, and our weaknesses that bring him the most glory.

So often we think that the world revolves around us and so it's common to think that God's plans must also revolve around us. The truth is, God doesn't NEED us...He laid the foundation of the world, He knows all the stars in the sky by name and knows every plan he has for us.

The truth is, we are put on this earth to bring Glory TO Him, not to be glorified BY Him with fancy cars, big bank accounts and the power of positive thinking...

If we truly believe that to be true, then we are missing the true story of the bible...It's all about JESUS...not all about US!