Victoria Osteen Preaches, "We're Not Doing it For God. We're doing it For Ourselves"

According to Victoria Osteen, wife of megachurch speaker and author Joel Osteen, “I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God—I mean, that’s one way to look at it—we’re doing it for ourselves, because God takes pleasure when we’re happy,” she declares in the undated 36-second clip with her husband standing by her side and nodding. “That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy…” 

Her sermon has gone viral as the Christian community protests its humanistic and scripturally antithetical message. 


She goes on to say, “So, I want you to know this morning: Just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?”

The first time I watched this video I thought, you have got to be kidding me! But then I realized something else. Although her message is blatantly wrong could it still be a reflection of our core belief system and how we live? 

Next up on the blog, I'll be diving a bit deeper into this subject but meanwhile, I'd like to encourage you to read the book of James. Here's a question I want you to consider: Could it be that somewhere along the way, the secular worldview has creeped into the church and the church has merged it's belief system to that of the world? Why or why not?