I Am Entitled To…

…a better job.

…stronger friendships.

…having a significant other.

…more money.

…a bigger house.

…a house.

…an apartment.

…spending my time the way I want it.

…a better life.

I am entitled to all of this. Or so we think. Our generation, especially, is a generation that has a sense of entitlement – to everything. Everything revolves around us and for us. Even we, as Christians, get caught in this trap. We feel as though we deserve it. The key word in that sentence being ‘feel’. That’s our problem. We base most of our decisions on feelings and emotion. When what we really should be basing them on is truth. And the truth of the matter is this:

I actually deserve…

…death.

…punishment for the sins I have committed and will commit in the future.

…hell.

…a life with no purpose and no relationship with Christ.

…eternal separation from God.

The truth also is that Jesus came down to earth, lived a perfect life and paid the price for my sins, so that I could stand before God with His record and enter into the kingdom of Heaven for eternity. Jesus’ death on the cross, covered my imperfect, blemished and utterly appalling record and put His in my place.

Now, doesn’t it seem absolutely microscopic what we think we’re entitled to, when we’re getting the opposite of what we actually deserve?

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