"Look, Mom, they are believers!" he exclaimed, nodding in the direction of the sign.
"Yes, Sweet Frog is a Christian company."
Sensing a segway into a teachable opportunity, I asked him, "Are you a believer?" as I pushed the door open for him to walk outside.
"I dunno."
"Still thinking it over?" I offered.
"Yeah."
"So what are you thinking about? Are you wondering if all those stories in the Bible are really true?"
"NO!" he laughed, kicking aside a stone.
"Are you wondering if that Buddha guy might have it all right?"
"No way!" he looked up at me, incredulously.
"Well, are you wondering if you could be all in with God?"
He slowed down and nodded. "Yeah. I mean, what if God asks me to jump off a cliff? I mean...could you imagine that?!"
And with that he raced straight away to the car; conversation over.
What my son was getting at, but could not thoroughly articulate, was this sticky little issue of lordship.
Even as mature believers, this is an area that concerns a lot of us, if we were to be really honest with ourselves. Some of us hesitate to let God be in control of every area of our lives, for fear that He might ask us to do away with something we hold dear, or that He may ask us to go to places or do things that make us feel uncomfortable.
It seems that even my pink little Sweet Frog yogurt cup offered forth some truth that relates to this issue:
Yep. Smooth seas are not usually God's way. But I know that Jesus can calm any storm. I've read about how He did that while in a boat with the disciples, sleeping away Himself. I know Jesus can walk with me in the midst of any storm, as He walked on water to Peter, who was scared beyond belief. I know God can part any sea or river in two, like He did with the Red Sea and the Jordan River, and allow me to walk across, if He so chooses. We serve a BIG God who is able to do far more than we can ever ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20).
So, perhaps I will direct the question to you, and right back to me.
Are we all in?
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