Tim Tebow vs God

A recent survey (before the Broncos-Patriots game) found that 43% of Americans believed God helped Tim Tebow. The study implies since Tim Tebow is outspoken about his faith and so public about it, God helps him in his job/life/whatever. This shows that, at least for the group surveyed, almost half this country has been deceived by incredibly dangerous and false doctrine.

Follow the train here. Why should God help Tim Tebow? What has Tebow done to make God serve him in this way? God helps each one of us through the Holy Spirit indwelling us. The Bible says in too many places to count God chose us and selected us for this gift before even our parents were born. It is not because we pronounce God's name or publicly confess Him that we are given special ability or power, as Tim Tebow clearly has physical and athletic ability most of us never will. God predesintes us to have ability or power or skills or "help" so that we will use it to further His glory, not our own.

What is disturbing about the study is the implication about our perceived relationship with God. it turns God into a quid pro quo entity who is, if we prove ourselves good enough, has no choice but to to "help" us with football success, big checkbooks, and beautiful women. Nevermind the fallen concept of what blessing is or defining successful, God is not a quid pro quo anything. If He chooses to strengthen us in some way in this world, it is not because we merit it, but because He ordained it for His glory before time began.

This dangerous and heretical doctrine can destroy the very foundation of our relationship with God. It undermines the entire concept of God's Sovreignty by putting us on par, on a bargaining level, with God, as if we have something to offer God in exchange for cosmic superpowers. If we can bargain with God, He isn't absolute authority, cannot be trusted, and is therefore irrelevant in our lives as a deity. We render God to nothing more than a self elected political leader who is too powerful for us to de-throne, which is merely a reflection of our own fallen world. Attempting to replace God's perfect holiness with sin and deceipt is extreme heresy and deadly poison and must be stamped out at all cost.

Indeed, God has blessed Tim Tebow with incredible ability, but God doesn't help Tim Tebow any more than He helps you or I or any other Child of God. Tebow is part of the body, but no more important than anyone else, despite the publicness of his faith. God doesn't owe us anything, no matter how hard we try. It's best then for us to live to serve God with gratitude and obedience. Tim Tebow is trying to do it, now we must all follow suit and join the huddle.