I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE COMMERCIAL is actually selling, but I detest it nonetheless. All I know is that there are six people, each yelling, “It’s my money and I want it now!!!” The commercial strikes me wrong at so many levels, but mostly it is the yelling and the demand for that which they are entitled. According to the principle in the commercial it is their money and they are entitled to it, but adults screaming out the window is nothing less than childish.
The mannerism of a young child is often that of impatient entitlement. They see something they desire, and they want that toy or cookie or attention right now! We can maybe understand this action in a very young toddler, but as a child reaches the pre-school age we cringe when we encounter a child in the midst of a temperamental tantrum regarding their “rights” to a certain item. Attach this action to a full-grown adult and it borders on tragic.
We live in a culture that promotes this instant entitlement. We are told that we can have whatever we want, whenever we want it, whether or not we can even afford it. Don’t believe me, then just ask any number of the thousands of people who are finding their homes in foreclosure, their cars repossessed, or their financial lives in the throes of bankruptcy.
Sadly, the results of this impatient entitlement is not more but less. This manner of life is spiritually impoverishing. Rather than full, we find ourselves empty. It is not what God desires for us. He desires to give us so much more, but this giving comes with a caveat, we must wait.
We must wait upon Him who is our hope. We are called to patient peace that comes to us as we remember that God is the giver of every good and perfect gift. (James 1:17) To wait upon Him is to experience His gracious care, for He who did not spare His own Son, will surely give us all good things. (Romans 8:32) Not because we are entitled, but because God is good.