I Need a Favor

I told a friend we were looking to hire someone at work.  Given the unemployment rate, I thought I was doing a good thing.  Perhaps the friend has other friends who need a job.  I was doing him a favor, right?  Not so.  It turns out the friend is in the business of finding jobs for other people.  So, instead of me doing a favor by offering a job,  I was asking a friend to do something as a favor for me, for which he would normally get paid.  Follow that?  I thought I was possibly doing him a favor, but instead, I was asking him for one and didn’t know it.

The funny thing about favors is, it can sometimes be difficult to tell who’s doing the favor and who’s getting the favor.   You set out to do something nice for someone and you end up feeling like you received more than you gave.  It’s especially true of God.  I don’t like to admit it, but sometimes I have this attitude like I’m doing God a favor.  Not so.  He’s in the favor business.  And WAY out of my league.  With God, I’m always on the receiving end.