GOD IN A BOX
Our minister asked me where I get my blog ideas. This week’s blog is because he mentioned putting God in a box. That got my imagination going. Going on warp speed. Faster than Hans Solo could fly. Or if I quoted Yoda, “Box God put in.”
Putting God in a box would take a bit of effort. First, you would need a small box. Why small? If you used a big box, it would have to sit in the middle of the living room, and you would be tripping over it. A small box can be stuffed into the back of a closet. Out of sight, out of mind.
Next, you would have to find bubble wrap and newspaper. You might want God in a box, but you would want to protect him with bubble wrap. Another reason for a small box. In the back of a closet, you would not hear God popping the bubble wrap. Hey, he has to have something to do while waiting for you to come to your senses and take him out of the box. The newspaper would be next. Sticking crumpled newspaper into the corners will keep him from rolling around when you are carrying the box to the closet.
Next, you will need tape. Not that tape will hold him, but the tape has writing on it. You will need a roll of tape with FEAR written on it. Rolls of tape labeled: WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT THIS WAY and THE MUSIC HAS CHANGED or LACK OF TRUST. Do not forget the tape that says, “BUT I DON’T WANT TO DO IT GOD’S WAY.” There are many reasons we can find to secure God in the box.
Now you have all the supplies you need. Go ahead. Put God in a box. We all put him there. We all have different reasons. We all have times when our faith dips and we question. It is hard to go through trials or watch those we love go through trials. Sometimes we put God in a box because we don’t want him to see our sins or our actions.
Putting God in a box will take some effort, BUT taking him out is easy. Go to the closet and find the box. Take it to a quiet area. Find the scissors of BELIEF, MERCY, FORGIVENESS, and LOVE. Cut right through that tape. When you have all the tape cut away, open the box and you will not find God.
You see. God does not stay in “our”
boxes. He stays right beside us.
