Have you ever been looking for a product to buy … and not been able to find it?
Think a “hard-to-find” gift for your child for Christmas … or a special seasoning for a dish you are cooking for dinner … or enough orange gatorade to drown an elephant?
Wait, WHAT? You were tracking with me for a moment, but did I just lose you? Let me explain.
About a year ago my wife and I had volunteered to get Gatorade ready for a local 5K. Assuming this substance was easier to come by than rare minerals, we did not immediately gather the necessary supplies to make the magic brew. On Thursday evening (before the Saturday race) we go out to purchase the Gatorade powder necessary to make the drink, but we ran into a problem. Wal Mart did not have enough. And by “Wal Mart” I mean ALL THE WAL MARTS … neighborhood markets, super centers, not-so-super centers – all of them. So we moved on to Target. Still an insufficient supply. Then Crest. Then Homeland.
Why didn’t you just buy the Gatorade online? Remember it was Thursday night and the event was Saturday morning! Prime delivery never seemed so slow.
Eventually after hitting every Gatorade dispensary in Cleveland County we had the prescribed amount to provide for the race. WHEW. We were so relieved that when the event was over, and we had so much leftover, we didn’t even care. We were given a task and we didn’t want to fail and lead to the dehydration of someone during at 15 minute race. Ah, booster clubs.
So why do I tell you this story? Because at some point most of us have been in a situation like this; when you can’t find what you need in one location, you just move onto the next. We are conditioned to think this way because of the era of abundance that we live in and the options that are available to us.
But what if what we need is only found one place?
This Sunday at Wildwood Community Church we will be in part 6 of our “Whys of Worship” series as we look at John 6:66-69. This great section of Scripture details an interaction with Jesus and His disciples. During this interaction some stay and profess their faith in Jesus, while others flee, looking to have their needs met from another source. Peter was one of those who stayed … and while staying says to Jesus this iconic line, “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!”
Why do we read God’s Word? Why do we preach sermons each Sunday that (God-willing) help us understand God’s Word better? Because what we need the most is only found in His care and under His direction. We cannot go to any other source than His Word to get what we so desperately require. Join us Sunday at 8:30, 9:45, and 11:00 for communion and worship at Wildwood as we look at this great passage together. See you Sunday … and bring friends!