Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Ketchup please.
Imagine having lunch with God. Let’s say you are at Chick-fil-a and you’ve ordered the nugget combo and God has the chicken sandwich combo. Now as both of you enjoy the hot crispy fries, God says, “Pass the ketchup”. As the words “Pass the ketchup” are released from the lips of God, the phrase becomes His "word". But what would make that “word” flesh. How could a mere human empower God's message to be effective. From its current mode of operation, It seems that much of modern mainstream christianity would respond to this statement with songs about ketchup or sermons about how desperately God wants ketchup or offer a plethora creative propaganda presenting perspectives of ketchup, the waffle fries, the reason for the meal or why it happened to be at chick-fil-a. But the only action that fulfills the purpose of the phrase “pass the ketchup” is to freakin’ give God some ketchup. As our human hand picks up the ketchup, we become the phrase “pass the ketchup” made flesh. How does this relate to Christ? Only if we understand the message that Christ was sent to be, can we offer an appropriate affirmative response that doesn’t leave God hanging for “ketchup”. If “Christ” is a similar expression, a word that needs a response like “pass the ketchup”, what is appropriate response? What is God expecting in response to extending Christ to us? And more importantly how do we give him what he wants?
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