Remote Control Faith

RevJP · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:42 am Post subject: Remote Control Faith

Have you ever used a remote control? Maybe while watching television you've flicked between channels, or while crossing the road you have remotely locked your car. We now have remote-control air-conditioning, remote-control garage door openers, and even remote-control lawnmowers. And the sole attraction of
using a remote control is so that you can avoid having to go anywhere near an appliance in order to operate it.

And sadly, all too often in the Christian Church we have a remote-control faith. We believe that if we learn the right verses and the right formulas, we can operate God by remote control. We press the button and, beep! God does it! Beep! God heals us! Beep! God provides for us! We are a Church enamored with the next formula. We attend the seminars. We read the books. Like the disciples, we search for the one missing formula that will at last make everything work for us.

But faith is not a remote-control experience. In fact, it is just the opposite. Faith is not about getting God to do things for you; it is about God getting you to do things for him. Faith is not about getting God to participate in your purposes; it is about you actively participating in the purposes of God.
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Nobby · Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:43 am Post subject: