Faith Fellowship Church…PO Box 1586…Broken Arrow, OK 74013…Pastor Terry DashnerGod Owes No One
Someone once said that there are no atheists in fox holes. Good point. Many people when in danger have tried to bargain with God. What about you? Have you ever said this? “Lord if you’ll just get me through this mess, I’ll serve you for
rest of my life.” And are you?
Why can’t we bargain with God? After all doesn’t
Bible say that God enters into contracts with His people? Well let’s look at this closely. God does contract or covenant with His people, but we can not initiate
covenant on our own merit because we can’t guarantee
covenant, nor its outcome. Only God can because He alone is Sovereign.
If this is true, and it is, why do we try to bargain with God? Actually, what we are doing by bargaining with Him is trying to place Him in our debt. “God you do something for me, then I will do something for you. Okay?” We argue. But He answers, “No, it’s not okay.” Why? Because God owes us nothing. God is self-contained. God is self-existing. He lacks nothing. He needs nothing. He’s perfectly contented with and in Himself.
The primary reason you and I are in
picture is because God expends Himself throughout
universe. He wants to expend Himself through us, transforming us into His Son’s image so that we reflect God’s Glory and walk in His abounding joy. Isaiah 43:7 says that God created us for His Glory.
Now if we think we can help God do this, we are mistaken. All we can do is submit to Him passively, and receive His grace by faith. Oh! By
way—while He’s giving us grace, He’s also giving us faith to trust Him (Ephesians 2:8-10). Look again at Job 41:11 when you get time. God owes nobody! And nobody may borrow anything from Him. So stop trying to place God in your debt. God doesn’t owe you anything. He will never place Himself in debt to you. I hope
point is made because I’m resting my case.