What If?

Last night three area churches had a devotional before the Superbowl festivities, and before I prayed that the meal of saturated and trans fats go to the nourishment of our bodies, I challenged the teens to allow others to go first in the food line. I told them it would be a beautiful thing if everyone insisted that someone else go ahead of them. One of the middle schoolers piped in with the question, "What if no one goes first?" I told him that unfortunately, that has never been a problem I've had to face- a fellowship hall full of teens where no one wanted first dibs on pizza and buffalo wings.

What a wonderful problem to have, a building full of people who considered others better than themselves. What would that youth group look like? What would the church look like if it was filled with people who were REAL living sacrifices? What would the world see if the church existed to serve and love with a complete disregard for personal wealth, health or reputation? What if instead of trying to be right we focused on being righteous in everything we do?

What if?

I groan with eager expectation for the TRUE sons of God to be revealed, then the creation itself will be liberated from it's bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.