Flawed Theoogy (P.U.S.H.)
I’m going to take the next couple of posts to talk about and hopefully discuss flawed theology.
Let’s start with the theology behind P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens). Now for those of us that thrive on acronyms, at first look this would be a great starting point for a theology based on prayer. However, what happens when nothing happens? How do we show content when our basis for prayer is that something should happen if we continue to pray for it? Realizing that here are some people and maybe a lot of people who have their hearts and their minds in tune with God’s will that are actually praying for the right things, I am speaking of those of us who continue to pray for the Porsche that is supposed to be parked in the driveway when we wake up or the extra million dollars that is supposed to manifest itself in our bank accounts over the weekend. All great things that yours truly would not complain about happening and things that certainly God can accomplish but what would He gain from it? Where’s the glory going?
How about praying for a disease to go away? When that disease doesn’t go away are we shocked and walk away from the faith and from God? Yeah sometimes we do. Sometimes we blame ourselves for not praying loud enough and most of the time we blame God for not answering. “Where is God?” Maybe you’ve heard this.. “Well if God is soo good…” Maybe just maybe there is a greater purpose behind things that we just don’t see. This is easy to say in a time of peace but when hardship falls on us our grief and despair can easily cloud the “big picture”. Remember that God doesn’t cause sickness and illness but He can and most of the time does work through it.
P.U.S.H. is a flawed theology because nothing happening is just as common of an answer as something happening. It probably should be P.U. T.W.E.A.C.R. (Pray Until The World Ends And Christ Returns) but it’s hard to fit that on a bracelet.
Let’s start with the theology behind P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens). Now for those of us that thrive on acronyms, at first look this would be a great starting point for a theology based on prayer. However, what happens when nothing happens? How do we show content when our basis for prayer is that something should happen if we continue to pray for it? Realizing that here are some people and maybe a lot of people who have their hearts and their minds in tune with God’s will that are actually praying for the right things, I am speaking of those of us who continue to pray for the Porsche that is supposed to be parked in the driveway when we wake up or the extra million dollars that is supposed to manifest itself in our bank accounts over the weekend. All great things that yours truly would not complain about happening and things that certainly God can accomplish but what would He gain from it? Where’s the glory going?
How about praying for a disease to go away? When that disease doesn’t go away are we shocked and walk away from the faith and from God? Yeah sometimes we do. Sometimes we blame ourselves for not praying loud enough and most of the time we blame God for not answering. “Where is God?” Maybe you’ve heard this.. “Well if God is soo good…” Maybe just maybe there is a greater purpose behind things that we just don’t see. This is easy to say in a time of peace but when hardship falls on us our grief and despair can easily cloud the “big picture”. Remember that God doesn’t cause sickness and illness but He can and most of the time does work through it.
P.U.S.H. is a flawed theology because nothing happening is just as common of an answer as something happening. It probably should be P.U. T.W.E.A.C.R. (Pray Until The World Ends And Christ Returns) but it’s hard to fit that on a bracelet.
