A Spiritual Delusion

 

 

Some of us believe

We can tell God what to do,

We tell Him How we see it

And He must agree with our view.

 

We even quote the Word

And take it out of context

And when there’s no desired outcome

We might even get vex.

 

We go to God with information

That perhaps He doesn’t know

And then we bargain with Him

As to how the matter must go.

 

We remind Him of His Word

And advise that He must keep it

And we call in as our witnesses

His Son and Holy Spirit.

 

Of course we wait on the Lord

To do what we demand of Him

“Your will be done,” we may even say

But the chances of that are slim.

 

It’s our will that really matters

We have already told God so,

By the way that we petition Him

That’s all He needs to know.

 

How the roles have changed

Between the Creator and the creature!

The creature becomes the creator

This is a regular feature.

 

I think we are spiritually deluded

When we approach God like this,

I would advise any believer

From such behavior desist.

 

That’s not praying by faith

Neither praying with assurance,

That is disrespecting God

And he demands our repentance.

 

Take another look if you may

At the model prayer Christ taught,

It starts out by reverencing God

That’s the first essential thought.

 

Thereafter we bring our requests

Bearing in mind He knows what’s best

Then patiently waiting on God

Presents our greatest test.

 

How we delight to nag

And beg and beseech and implore!

Yet we’ve put it in the Lord’s hand

And confess we can do no more.

 

“I have faith,” we often boast,

“That God will come through for me.”

But if the outcome is undesired

We go on an excuse spree.

 

We should have prayed and fasted,

We didn’t pray enough,

Maybe someone had sinned

And remarks of similar stuff.

 

Yet we recognize God as Sovereign

He knows and does what’s best

But when it doesn’t fit our agenda

We cannot let it rest.

 

At the end of our faith is trust

Regardless of the outcome,

Trust in God and in His Spirit

And trust in His beloved Son.

 

A child makes a request of a parent

But that parent has to decide

Considering the overall picture

Whether to grant that request or deny.

 

Similarly it is with our Heavenly Father

We must leave our requests with him

And regardless of the outcome

Remember that unbelief is a sin.

 

Stewart Russell © June 2018