Interventionist God

Why is it that everyone wants to drag God into their lives and circumstances? Why do we always have to show our faith by saying “God did this or God must have wanted that?” I am sick and tired of hearing how God sticks his nose into everyone lives. You can listen to the winning team of any game and you will undoubtedly hear that they want to thank God. I heard the QB of Ohio State thank God after the Fiesta Bowl win and knew that there was no way God was going to be able to make it to the Sago mine to help those poor miners. We all know George Bush thinks that God wanted him to be President during and after 9/11, that’s why the Supreme Court decided in his favor instead of voting for the person that the American people actually wanted. Mayor of New Orleans Ralph Nagin recently said, "Surely God is mad at America. He sent us hurricane after hurricane after hurricane, and it's destroyed and put stress on this country.” Yeah that’s it, God is mad at the world and that is why all these natural disasters are occurring. The tsunami, earthquake in Pakistan, hurricanes in the Gulf coast, all of these are God’s fault? I’m sure Peyton Manning woke up this morning wondering why his God had forsaken him. What does this seemingly angered God want? What do the winning teams do right and the losing teams do wrong? What is Europe doing right that other countries around the world are doing wrong? Maybe God just wants to be left out of everything. Maybe God wants us to look to him for comfort and strength and not just throw his name around. Maybe God wants a personal relationship and not to be an excuse or answer.

I think that if you want God to help you then by all means ask God to give you the strength to accomplish your goals. And if they are just goals then you will be able to summon up that little piece of God in all of us and accomplish them, but if they are selfish than just ask Satan and leave my God out of it. As for the natural disasters we had better start by treading lighter on this earth or Mother Nature is going to continue to give us reminders that we are just renting this place and she has our security deposit and eviction notice.