Yeah it sounds stupid, right? But think about it, whether you are a Christian, or you know Christians, this seems to be true. We live in a nation that revolves around doing everything Bigger, Better, and FASTER. Most of the time this means our lives become so caotic that something has to take the back seat. Now, somewhere in our lives we want to put Jesus, but we want him just thrown in there, we want it more convenient for us. So we get the McJesus.
Now, I’m sure you know that we are all guilty of the whole fast food thing. Personally, I love fast food. And we all know that when we go to McDonald’s to get our fix, we want the large everything special. But this doesn’t seem to be the case with the McJesus. Somehow our faith has become one where not only does Jesus take the back seat, he’s squeezed in there tight. We want the one hour Sunday Jesus; the look at me I’m such a good Christian, God/Jesus. But when it comes down to it, most of us don’t want God/Jesus in our lives Mondays, nor Tuesdays, and forget about Wednesdays, and my goodness Thursdays, what about them Fridays, and the big one, party night, Saturdays, you can forget it. We choose to ignore the “follow me,” that Jesus says to his disciples.
“Come, follow me…” Matthew 4:19 “Follow me…” Matthew 9:9 “Come, follow me…” Mark 1:17 ”Follow me…” It’s there why ignore it?
And don’t forget that big law, the biggest one in all the scriptures, the numero uno of the laws…”Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul with and all your mind.” Matthew 22:37
How can we show God we love him if we push his gift to us out of the way. How can we tell people “oh you have to go to Church and do this and that…” If we ourselves don’t do it?
We as a Christian nation need to stop making God and Jesus fit our plans and schedules. We need to stop feeding our souls with the junk food faith that we have. We need to feed ourselves that Good, Big, Filling meal of Faith that God has to offer.
~Amanda~
