A dog says: “You pet me, you feed me, you shelter me, you love me, You must be God.” A cat says: “You pet me, you feed me, you shelter me, you love me, I must be God.” It’s very hard to differentiate between a Dog and a Cat in church. They both look and act “Christian” but there is a huge difference in their heart attitude.
Cats have a tendency to walk away from hell. Their sole focus is on themselves. Dogs walk toward heaven having fallen in love with God.
Both Cats and Dogs want obedience in their lives. Dogs want to obey God. Cats want God to obey them. You usually see this reflected in their prayer lives.
Both Cats and Dogs have quiet times. Dogs focus on God’s glory (they think, “How is God’s reputation being affected by my life?”) and Cats focus on themselves (how can they better their life…?)
Cats focus on gathering all of God’s blessings with a bucket. And once they have them, they keep them. Dogs gather as many blessings as they can from God and pass them on to others. They know that the blessings are meant to go through them to others.
Both Cats and Dogs want to see God glorified and want to be blessed by God. Dogs hunger more for God’s glory whereas Cats hunger more for the blessings.
Dogs worship God primarily for who He is. Cats worship God primarily for what He’s done for them.
Cats are basically living for themselves in a Christian context. They’ve rejected other “ways” of life and have chosen Christianity as the best way to live for themselves. Life is still all about them. Dogs ask one key question as they go through life: What Does God Get? As a result, they realize that life is for God, it is not for us. They see the joy God had in Genesis 1 while He was creating!
From “Cat and Dog Theology” seminar notes. A paperback book is also available.
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