Dogs and Cats.

I heard someone say something to me last week and it was rather true. He said, "There are two types of Christians in the world today, there are dogs and cats. Those who say to God "you are God" and serve Him with joy are dogs. Then there are the self oriented ones who go to God only with needs and lack worship, these are the cats who say "I am God."" Is this not a great illustration.

I have a one year old beagle named Izzy, like most dogs He is obedient most of the the time, but there are times when he gets bent on having things His way. Dogs are very affectionate pets and can be extremely obedient. They seem to have a sense of logic in them giving their owners a personification of God. The owner is their provider, father, and best friend. Dogs too need to be trained in obedience, they know from early on there will be consequences for disobeying. Dogs seek the owners acceptance more than anything else and will defend them to death.

On the other hand you have a cat. Cats require very little training and the owner caters to the cat. Cats have attitudes, it is not typical for one to respond to it's name, or do anything if the reward is not visible. To be frank Cats have one major worry, themselves. Although they can make good pets; the general relationship between a cat and it's owner is that the owner caters to the cat's needs.

God wants responsive Christians. He wants dogs. He wants Christians who will go to the extent of dying to defend His name. He wants obedience. He wants to be greeted warmly and with thanks. I feel dogs were made mans best friend because God wanted to provide a model for us. God wants to be an active agent in our lives, He wants us to respond to communication. God is willing to spend time and energy on us, training us up to be obedient Christians. Do not neglect God's efforts to communicate with you and don't always expect Him to cater to you, we were created to worship, not to be worshiped.

God bless.