Faith formulas and principles remind me of those little cranes that you see at the fairground. You put your money in the slot and move the crane with a joystick. The idea is to pick up one of the little bundles of goodies that are held behind the glass cabinet. These goodies will usually be something like wrist watches with a twenty pound note wrapped around them, or something similar.
Christians get the impression that they are in control of their life and their actions; they believe that they can keep these principles and formulas. Christians are often able to grab the prize of being able to do something for God in order to merit His favour and blessing.
But due to the weakness of the flesh, just like the weakness of the little crane at the fairground, they just can’t keep hold of the prize in order to make the prize a permanent catch. The result is that just as you think you’ve got what it takes to be blessed by God by your efforts – the prize slips from your grasp and you are forced to start all over again. The only reason why you keep on trying is because you feel you are so close to winning that prize and that if you keep at it, then you will finally succeed.
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