God as Santa Claus?

Luke 11:13
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!

Preoccupation with spiritual performance often results in a tendency toward extremes of self-righteousness or shame, which both leads to high levels of anxiety. Spiritual systems should not be about performance but about emtional honesty or human need. How many churches teach that your place in heaven will be determined by how many good works you've done here on earth?

Santa is the one whose gifts depend upon our behaviour. God is the one who gives good gifts simply because He loves us not because of perfomance.

Happy Sabbath