God Is Not A Heavenly Bellboy

 

 

God is not a heavenly bellboy

As some people believe,

Such as, whatever I ask of Him

I must surely receive.

 

He is not a hotel bellboy

To whom one gives the chores

Or present to Him a shopping list

Itemizing what one adores.

 

And while He gives the best service

We should not take Him for granted,

He certainly is not a magic wand

With which we become enchanted.

 

God is not a heavenly bellboy

In a hotel of our choice,

He is not in our employ

To be guided by our voice.

 

We sometimes forget to thank Him

And rush straight to our list

Of things we require from Him

Frequently adding on what we miss.

 

Our praise is often shallow

As though He’s just a convenience,

Not recognizing we need to start

With a heart of godly repentance

 

We treat to God like a bellboy

In the way we pray to Him

With our unending list of sundries,

Seldom repenting of our sin.

 

Prayer warriors are among the guilty

And prayer intercessors too

And they claim enormous power

Saying there’s nothing they can't do.

For God is their heavenly bellboy

That responds to their every test

And whatever they ask of Him,

He will always grant their request.

 

How deluded can Christians get

To treat to God this way

As though He simply exists

To be their modern day sure pay.

 

On the basis of our bellboy

We can demand, declare and decree,

For we determine what’s best for us

And God would just have to agree.

 

Fallacy of all fallacies…

I pray that we understand

That God operates only as He wills

And not in sync with our plan.

 

When this settles down on us

We would certainly know for sure

That God is not our heavenly bellboy

That stands at our hotel door.

 

 

Instead, he is the self-sufficient I AM

That is guided by no man,

It is far better to seek God’s will

And then make His will our plan.

 

Stewart Russell © March 2020