God Is Gravy

It's a new phrase that's stuck in my head. Richard Becker said it last night.

It's our American view of God. We don't need God. We don't live each day for God. God is not the center of our lives. But He does make us feel warm and fuzzy, a nice addition to our day. He's the nice and warm brown gravy that makes our potatoes taste better.

And that's pretty much it for us Americans. The problem is it's horribly wrong, but we don't mind it and we don't confront that image because then we wouldn't feel so warm and fuzzy. It's really kind of sad. Jesus gives His life for us and how do we respond? "We don't really need You to do that, but if it makes you feel better, we'll put You minimally in our lives. You can feel good that we appreciate you and we can feel good that we have Jesus."

Shouldn't there be so much more? Oh, wait, I'm sorry. That would upset the 50% or more of you that go to church every Sunday because it makes you feel good, not because you have a relationship with Christ.

...Offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness. (Rom. 6:13b)

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