Do we Americans and Christians feel we are entitled?

Thought of this as I listened to two people in front of me on the bus argued. They were angry because the government had lowered their amount of money given to them each month since one had gotten a job. They felt the government owed them money from time they were unemployed. Never mind that the government had been paying them falsely for Hurrican Rita claims that they had said they had damages, but don't even own the house they were claiming on. Still the people were arguing on the phone with agent from disability that they should continue to receive same amount of money regardless of even if both people got jobs.

I open with that, to say I think we as Americans have bought into the belief, that purely because we are in America, everything should be given to us or easy for us to achieve. Life is hard, God declared when Adam and Eve sinned, that working the soil, aka. work in general would be difficult and hard as opposed to enjoyable and easy before the original sin. For more on that look at Genesis 3 I believe.

When did we are Americans and we deserve whatever you can give us and we can take from you replace we are Americans and we work harder than any other country to be the best at all we do?!? Let me unpack this: My question is when did our nationality and purely who we see ourselves as become more important than good hard work? I have thought about this a little, and can't really pinpoint the exact time this occurred. I know I constantly hear African-Americans,blacks saying how they wish they were in the NBA or making that kind of money. Yet at same time they are unwilling to get regular job or put in effort to get to the NBA.

I expand this now to followers of Christ, when did we believe that Christ will automatically change us and make us into His image once we started following Him? Christ Himself says that life as one of His followers will be difficult to the point of death, yet, lots of us say oh life will be easy as a Christian and my becoming like Christ in character will be accomplished easily also. If the Apostle Paul felt basically unaccomplished at becoming like Christ in character and felt like he had a long ways to go to be like Christ, who are we to assume we will ever have "gotten there?" Christian life like any other life is one that is a journey, journey's are rarely ever accomplished right away, or finished without effort.

So I think we do believe we are entitled as a nation, but should make the effort to get back to made our country great to begin with. Hard work, sacrifice, looking out for those around us not just ourselves, not hustling but being honest in our work. Speaking out against social injustices instead of assuming someone else will take care of problem. We can be great nation again, just going to take some good hard work.