Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Labels.

Labels.

They're everywhere. Almost every consumer product we use has some sort of label on it. It could be shampoo, dog food, human food, a DVD, a pack of BVD's, etc.... Labels are everywhere, except on God. We try to attach Him to various things such as our cause, our jobs, our fortune or misfortune, our music, our political affiliation, etc... But the fact is, we've tried to contain Him in some neat little package with an attractive label. Then, we put the container away and want to consume (use) Him at our convenience. We've made it all about us, rather than all about Him.

We've narrowed it down that God is a Republican and looks like Gandalf or Morgan Freeman. We're pretty sure that He has blue eyes, lives in the sky and is an Alabama football fan (After all, He is letting Bear Bryant coach his team up there, right? No.)

The video link below is a great illustration. I know that I went over the top with my examples, but what type of labels are we putting on Him? How are we daily misrepresenting Him? What type of God image are we portraying for others to see?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WybvhRu9KU

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