Bewares of Entitlement

By: Duke Rohe  drohe@att.net

Entitlement is an issue of pride that sneaks in through the back door of a virtuous walk.  It makes claim on what Life never promised.

1. Entitlement comes with a payment due!

It elevates self over others. It stakes claim on something it does not possess.

2. Entitlement over something you can’t control can control you.

Even victims hide in their entitlement.

3. Entitlement declares to life: ‘I deserve’.

I’ve always believed that the only thing we deserved was paid for at the Cross.

4. Entitlement has a self-made title.

It has expectations that are bigger than itself.

5. Entitlement is a boundary that others don’t see as well as you.

Expectations grow into idols when they feel entitled.

6. Entitlement is blind to other’s entitlement.

It pushes its way through life, oblivious to the ones it has knocked over.

7. Entitlement is the enemy of contentment.

Entitlement dares, contentment shares.

8. Entitlement expects a level of gratification or it’s going to get upset; or worse, get even.

And the size of its offense is measured by the size of its entitlement.

9. Entitlement in its most dangerous form is incremental.

Like an invading cancer, it grows in areas it doesn’t belong.

10. Once entitlement has spread into the soul, it erects barriers of rationalization to protect itself.

It cries ‘Me first!’ all the way to its death.