Vending Machine

What do you think of God? Last week this was a discussion topic with a middle schooler during an Acts 2:42 Ministries session. One middle schooler thought God was a vending machine. Say the right prayer, do enough for others, and it is like pushing the right buttons on a vending machine to get what we want. While I see how this thinking is unbiblical, too often I see myself falling into this trap. “Look God at all the good things I am doing and how long I prayed. Now since I did A, B, and C, you must give me X, Y, and Z.” However, God does behave like this. Otherwise, He wouldn’t be God. See Isaiah 55:8-9.