Saturday, November 22, 2008

EDGE

We are studying Daniel in our young adult group at church. We looked at chapter Daniel 3 tonight. It's the familiar story of Shadrach, Meshach,and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace.

I got a lot out of the study, even if the faces of everyone else looked comatose. We talked about what it means to be a person of Consistency . The three fellas did not COMPROMISE. They were not COMPLACENT. And they did not CONFORM.

I brought up two analogies, the first being the story and image of Harvey Dent from the Dark Knight, who is also known as Twoface. I think a real challenge for young adults is whether they are the same person when they are at Bible Study as they are when they are on college campus or at their work place. Our Consistency in following Christ matters.

The second analogy comes from my career in the pizza industry. I have made 50 pound batches of pizza dough and forgotten the yeast. The dough may look the same at first, but it doesn't take long to see that it is the wrong consistency. It won't raise. It won't bake properly and it won't taste right either. In other words, consistency doesn't mean jack if it is not a holy and right consistency.

So where is it toughest to walk the talk that you talk at church? AT WORK? AT SCHOOL? AT HOME? AT WAL-MART?

My own confession is probably a tie between at home with my wife and at basketball. It is really easy for it to appear that I am not an ambassador of Christ by how I treat Shaina some times. It is also amazing to me how badly competition influences me. I love to compete and to win. Worse yet...I'm that guy that loves to make you lose as much as me win.

So...Confession Time...Own Up. How are you inconsistent?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

When im in the security line at the airport, Im not the most consistent. Im in the line for experienced and frequent travelers WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER, and every day there is always someone who doenst take their laptop out of the bag, is too engrossed in a conversation on their phone/blackberry, because their conversation is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO important, doenst take shoes or belt off and delays me for a minute. Im not the face of christ at that moment. I however, SHOULD KNOW BETTER, and turn the frustration into a small conversation with God.

Anonymous said...

P.S. pay attention to class....