Did you think?
Did you see?
as you vegetate in front of your TV
high definition and everything
Yeah, you got it all
Everything but love
You even got Jesus
That is - your own version
Your Jesus is so smart
Your Jesus is so cool
Your Jesus gets you straight A’s in school
And a fat 401k to boot
Your Jesus is great
Like superman
Always popping up to get you out of a jam
He makes sure no one screws up your plans
Your Jesus looks great, smells nice, is well groomed
Helps your baseball team, banker, and governor
Makes sure they keep kissing up to you
Keeps you from ever looking like a fool
Your Jesus gives you everything
Helps you reach your american dream
Makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise
Keeps you under sunny blue skies
Your Jesus follows you obediently to church
Or the building that bears a name
Where you get your weekly serving of the Word
Or a safe, non-fat version of cheapened grace
Your Jesus helps you reach your dreams
Your Jesus has an ATM
He’s more like a machine
Than the King of Kings
There’s just one problem with your Jesus
And how good he makes you feel
In spite of the supposed benefits
Your Jesus isn’t real
The real Jesus is God who became man
And was really crucified
Who says “if you want life,”
“follow me and die”
1 comment:
How often we create our very own personal “Jesus” and think that life is just dandy.Then is when we decide to live a complacent life and never really search out what HE has called us to be, to breathe, and to live. Our world envelopes us, and we become consumed by the world’s lies that we are not meant for more. “Settling” for whatever comes along seems to be the right thing because it is exactly what people want out of life-their own make-shift Christianity. It is only when we realize that Christ has called us to be so much more, to live life with more passion, then we have a purpose, a goal, and a life worth living! The passion that Paul speaks of in Philippians 3 is the same that we should be living out in our every day lives. The One, True God that has come to save those who are lost, is the same that we must die to in order to live. Galatians 2:20 says it in an amazingly way! To truly die to Him and live in Him is the only way that Christians in past, present and future, will ever come close to seeing the Kingdom that He has created for His children.
……Very nice piece.
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