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11/13/14 God Is Cooler Than A Waco Winter


Can we just talk about how awesome God is for a second?  Like seriously-He is the absolute coolest.

I think it's easy to start thinking about our faith as a responsibility.  Yeah, Christianity is our religion that we follow.  That's nice and all, but isn't Christianity more than that?

 So let's say you're in your apartment and you realize you're completely out of food.  It's cold outside, plus you're living on the "broke college student budget".  Imagine if someone knocked on your door, knew EXACTLY what you needed, and made your fav flavor of Ramen magically appear.  You would think that guy was awesome, right?  If this guy gave you the option of being fed for life would you accept, or would you say "nah, I'll just read an article about you later." You would OBVIOUSLY accept a lifetime supply of free food, right!?

 Okay, so hopefully you agree that God's miracles are a lot more awesome than a lifetime supply of microwaveable noodles.  But in case you forgot, here are just a FEW of His miracles found in 2 Kings:
Chapter 4:

 Verses 1-7 A widow and her sons are so broke that she is afraid her sons will be taken as slaves to pay off debt.  However, God turns what was a little olive oil into enough to fill enough jars for the lady to sell in order to pay off her debts!

Verses 8-37 First, a lady is very kind to Elisha, but she does not have a son and her husband is elderly.  As much as she wants a son, she doesn't believe it is possible.  But God provides!  She has a son!  A few years later, her beloved son seems to have passed away.  God wakes him up! HOW COOL IS THAT?

 Verses 38-42 Okay I'll be honest, I'm not completely sure what's going on here, but it sounds like there is some bad soup and God tells a few guys to add some flour to it and the soup is fixed.  Curing a potential case of food poisoning is always good, am I right?

 Verses 42-44 Here, a man brought Elisha 20 loves of bread, and Elisha commanded him to serve it to 100 people.  The man was a little confused by how that would work, but Elisha assured him that God would provide.  And that He did!  There was even some bread left over.

 That is only one chapter of the Bible, and God has already done 4 incredible things.  And He used Elisha to do these things!  God can use us too, we just have to remember He is so much more than a character we read about in religion.  He is very real, and loves us a lot more than we can fathom.

 While it may seem cheesy, God really is the bread of life.  John 6:35 states "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty"." 

While I am definitely going to be ready to eat breakfast in a few hours, this verse is talking about something so much more fulfilling than earthly food.  God wants us to crave Him in a way where He becomes our sole focus.  With Him, we lack nothing. 

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