Matthew 7:21
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
Imagine God has a facebook page, and He sends friend invites to everyone on facebook. You decide to accept His friend request because you heard he is a pretty cool guy and has a nice house. Over time, you send Him a sheep on farmville, you post "Happy Birthday" on His wall on Christmas day, and you "like" all of His statuses. Then one day your house burns down, leaving you without a home. Knowing that God has a nice house, you ask God if you can live with Him. Do you think God is going to let you live with Him just because facebook says you are friends? You don't ever talk to each other or even know much about each other! You don't have a personal relationship.
I once read in a book that the goal of our lives should be God and not His blessings. People may go to church or pray the rosary because they think they are getting bonus points with God, but their intentions should really be to build their friendship with God. What I mean is you shouldn't spend time with friends just so you can use them to borrow their stuff. You should spend time with them because you want to build a good friendship.
God's main concern is that we will become best friends with Him :)
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