FUN
I could ask you to list 10 key virtues that are essential to to developing a Christ-like character. I doubt that 1 out of 100 would list fun as one of the essentials. Not that we're not about having fun. It's just that it isn't anything we associate with Jesus or with being one of his followers.
Whether or not Jesus was fun or had a sense of humor is something we'll deal with later. In fact, it's one of the messages I'll tackle this summer during the series #jesusstuff. The bigger question is whether or not we associate fun with being a Christ-follower. Most of us would say no.
Why? Because most of us have a caricature as our picture of Jesus. We see him with a dead-panned look on his face most of the time. Yeah, we can see him mad when he turned over the tables in the temple. We can see him being sad over the death of his friend Lazarus. Maybe even smiling when the children were brought to him. But laugh? Probably not.
But why? Because in our heart of hearts we still see Jesus with a list of dos and don'ts. We see him coming to make us spiritual, which in our estimation is somewhat equated with being a cosmic kill-joy. Rules and regulations. When in reality, Jesus came to do just the opposite. He came to fulfill the rules for us because we were incapable of fulfilling them ourselves. He came to set us free. He came to release us and give us joy....and that our joy would be full.
Today, put some fun back into your faith. And LAUGH!
Read Matthew 11:28-30
Whether or not Jesus was fun or had a sense of humor is something we'll deal with later. In fact, it's one of the messages I'll tackle this summer during the series #jesusstuff. The bigger question is whether or not we associate fun with being a Christ-follower. Most of us would say no.
Why? Because most of us have a caricature as our picture of Jesus. We see him with a dead-panned look on his face most of the time. Yeah, we can see him mad when he turned over the tables in the temple. We can see him being sad over the death of his friend Lazarus. Maybe even smiling when the children were brought to him. But laugh? Probably not.
But why? Because in our heart of hearts we still see Jesus with a list of dos and don'ts. We see him coming to make us spiritual, which in our estimation is somewhat equated with being a cosmic kill-joy. Rules and regulations. When in reality, Jesus came to do just the opposite. He came to fulfill the rules for us because we were incapable of fulfilling them ourselves. He came to set us free. He came to release us and give us joy....and that our joy would be full.
Today, put some fun back into your faith. And LAUGH!
Read Matthew 11:28-30
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