You Get What You Pay For

I stopped at McDonalds a couple of weeks ago on my way to Tulsa.  I was talking to my mom while I was eating my cheeseburger.  I told her, “this is the worst cheese burger ever.”  She replied in her condescending tone, “you paid a dollar for it, what did you expect?”

I tried to explain to her what I meant, that usually the dollar burgers are better.  However, there was just no getting around her comment and the fact that I paid a dollar for it.  So I shouldn't complain about the quality.  If I really wanted quality, I would go to a nice restaurant rather than a fast food burger joint.

This got me thinking about my walk with God.  How many times have I expected more out of God than I actually received?  Many of us, ESPECIALLY Christians, expect God to always be there for us when we have done nothing for Him. 

I understand that you can’t buy a miracle or work for blessings in your life.  I am talking about the simple things in life though, prayer, obedience, giving with a sacrificial heart and worship.  How many times do we go to church and sit there with our hands to our side looking at the worship leader as she sings?

They are not there for a show.  They are there to help you fall into a place of worship.  So we stand there twiddling our thumbs, than expect God to do this mighty work in our lives.

It doesn’t add up.  You get what you pay for.  When you go out to a nice restaurant, you get great service.  When you go to McDonalds, you fill up your own drink.  That’s just the way it is. 

Think about God as one of your parents.  They will always supply you with shelter, food and love, always.  Say what you want, but it is hard for a mother and father to turn away their children.  However, this does not mean that they will give you whatever you want.  Though, if you pull your weight around the house, they are in a better position in their hearts to help you with whatever WANTS you may have.

I hope this is making as much sense as it is in my head. 

So maybe God is like that.  We shouldn’t do works or give offerings with expectancy, but with obedience.  However, God might just be more moved to help you with your wants/needs if you were obedient in the few things he would love for you to do.

 What I love about God is that He hasn't given us what we deserve.  Christ got what we actually paid for.  That should be enough for us to be obedient in itself, shouldn't it?  What we deserve is far less than what we actually receive.  Everyday...