In love with the loaves and fishes

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: The attitude of not feeling entitled to anything from God and owing everything to Him is important in this time where some preach that God exists to please us and give us the best life possible. Many come to church looking for profit and blessings, promoting a superficial and selfish mentality. The Bible promotes an attitude of gratitude and service to God, recognizing that we don't deserve anything and owe everything to Him. We must cultivate an attitude of total surrender to God's will and recognize that He has the right to do whatever He wants with our lives.

The attitude of not deserving anything from God, of owing everything to the Lord, of being totally subject to the Lord is absolutely key in this time of history and as of a new style of preaching that we see so much in the Church at this time, where people are taught that God exists to please us, to advance our interests, to give us the best life possible. It's like this idea that we come to church for the benefits that God can give us; We come for God to heal us, prosper us, bless us in our marriage, to do something good for us. Get us a good husband, a good wife, give us a good job, and unfortunately many Pastors feel like they have to preach this message of the loaves and fishes for people to come to Church, and if we preach to them the most serious parts of the Christian life are not going to attend our services.

When I speak of the loaves and fishes I remember that moment when the Lord Jesus Christ tells the crowd: "You are looking for me because of the loaves and fishes, not because I am the Son of God." The Lord was offended that the crowd was looking for Him because He had multiplied the loaves and fishes on one occasion, and His reputation had spread as a man who fed people and that is why people came, not because They were interested in the message that He had to give or because they knew that He was the Son of God and that they had to serve Him, and give their lives to Him, but it was rather out of selfishness, not out of love for God Himself.