Many people look to pets as their source of companionship, comfort, and stress relief. That can be helpful. Pets today are sometimes called “therapy animals” and are used to help people cope with daily life. However, there’s a far greater and more effective source of companionship and therapy than a pet.
Pets can distract us from companionship with God. If people would focus on and interact with the risen Jesus Christ with as much time, attention, and love as they do their pets, their lives would be immeasurably better! There’s nothing wrong with having pets, but if they become a substitute for a continual heart-to-heart relationship with Jesus, they’re keeping you from the most powerful source of healing and comfort in the Universe.
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the ekklesia and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21.)
The world needs to see ongoing demonstrations of God’s “power that is at work within” people who continually hear and obey the risen Jesus and not just hear talks about Him. It’s time to let God do “immeasurably more than all we ask or think.”
The fewer the Spirit-led doers, the weaker the body of Christ becomes. Christians have been trained to hear a preacher but not to listen to God’s Spirit and do what He says. How often do you hear what God’s Spirit is saying and then do what He tells you to? If you will get your will out of the way, God’s will, will make immeasurable headway. “He who has ears to hear, let Him hear.”
Pets are great, but God is immeasurably greater. Seek Him and see!
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