September 20th, 2011
God’s Way?
While reading an adventure novel I think I stumbled on a perfect example of faith. The author, Chris Kuzneski, has the hero of Sign Of The Cross, say, “… the preposterous often turns out to be the most profitable.” Now, if that doesn’t sound like God’s way of doing things, then maybe you haven’t read the Bible, or just simply haven’t paid attention while you read.
We’re coming to Palm Sunday and Easter. When was the last time you actually thought about the whole religious side of Easter – I mean really thought about it? Jesus, the One and only Son of the living God, dying a torturous and incredibly painful death of me… is it possible to fully absorb that reality and not be somewhat knocked off your feet? When you combine Jesus’ death and resurrection with the Christmas story; a pregnant virgin, an accepting husband, a very long journey (two actually), and attempted murder – the whole idea seems absolutely preposterous! But that’s the way God chose to do it.
There are other examples of God doing things in preposterous ways. Remember the story of Joshua conquering the city of Jericho? They were to conquer the city by walking around it in complete silence seven times, and then simply shout. Shouting to win a war sounds a little preposterous, yet it was definitely profitable. Moses and the burning bush? Abraham, Samson, and what about David vs. Goliath? All preposterous, illogical, against the odds, yet very profitable outcomes.
What about Jesus leaving the responsibility of changing of the world in the hands of twelve of the most ordinary guys you could possibly find? If that’s not a preposterous idea, I don’t know what is – yet it has been extremely profitable and generations of people have been changed in profound ways for thousands of years.
Back to the whole Easter thing, God choose a preposterous way to restore you and me to Himself; back to life the way it was designed to be – free. That’s the profit, it’s not money, it’s your freedom, its life (not the action of living – but really experiencing life). What a preposterous act so that you could profoundly profit – have you?
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