The other day I was talking to a friend and she shared with me how someone told her that she was operating from a place of entitlement, because she told them that she had been waiting on God for so long for one particular thing, and now she’s at a point where she decided she’s not going to really pray about it anymore. My friend admitted that she was thinking, “God I did all of this. I said all the right things. You bless me with all of these other things, but the main thing that I want you have not even given me yet, so I’m going to stop asking for it.”
After hearing her say this, it made me take a look at my actions over the past few months and I had to admit that I’ve had that same attitude as well. Even though I didn’t say it in those words, once I heard her explain the conversation that she had had with a friend, I realized that I had been feeling kind of entitled also. But it wasn’t so much about what I had asked God for, rather it was the fact that I had done so much and given so much and followed these guidelines, and did this thing right and that thing right. My blessings were starting to pour and overflow to be a blessing for others. And then unexpected negative things started happening in my life and I was like, “but God, I did all this. I made all this happen. I’ve been following all these rules and thought I was doing all the right things for all the right reasons. So how dare you God!” Yes. I was beginning to feel entitled as well.
So we have to be careful with our thoughts because He hears! You might not have told anyone how you were feeling about the fact that God didn’t do this or that, but you did say it in your mind. You don’t understand why this happened and how dare life send you this thing after all the effort you put into doing the right thing. So let’s check ourselves. OK?