CHICKEN AND CHURCH

Of COURSE people will gravitate to, and enthusiastically share what is good! Why the outcry? Why the comparisons? Why assume that people who stand in line for ANYTHING, be it concert tickets, popcorn, or chicken, don’t also take voting seriously? Are humans not capable of concentrating on or embracing more than one thing? 

A consistent lament is that people don’t run to church the way they’ve run to Popeye’s this year. 

Well...what’s good about your church that would make a person WANT to come? What do the lives, reputations, practices, or activities say about your credibility? What are you offering? You or God? 

Don’t be fooled. God IS good, but much better than a mere cooked piece of His chicken creation. 

Let’s stop with the apples and oranges.

Popeye’s always serves chicken. No matter where you go, the menu and recipe are consistent. One is never confused about what one has experienced after leaving Popeye's. It’s always pointing consumers toward chicken. It smells like chicken. It boasts chicken. Uniformed workers are unmistakable. There’s no confusing them with another organization. Popeye's is a business, not a hustle.

Church, unfortunately, doesn’t always serve, represent, promote, or smell like God. When is the last time you’ve seen a church event poster with God’s name prominently displayed? Some just use His name, and the shenanigans going on in His name are perplexing, embarrassing, and ridiculous. Every church is not a place where the goodness of God can be experienced. One may, however, experience the foolishness, arrogance, ignorance, inconsistency, greed, and inhumanity of man— and be expected to pay for and accept it as normal.

 

Why don’t people run to church the way people ran to Popeye's? 

Let’s see... 

‘Cause church uses God’s name but not His recipe? 

‘Cause church is contaminated and off brand? 

‘Cause, based on the church antics they see on social media, they conclude that church isn’t synonymous with God (or godly)?

‘Cause those who make the recommendation provide no consistent, tangible proof, knowledge of, or experience with God? 

‘Cause they DID get their sandwich, but at church, they paid and waited, but never got the “blessing”? 

‘Cause they ran to church and found everything on the menu EXCEPT God? 

Maybe lines aren’t wrapping around your church because what you’re actually offering and promoting isn’t God— OR good.

Check your recipe.