You have probably seen the commercial where the attractive young lady is conversing on the street with a gentleman about the fact that things can’t be on the internet if they aren’t true. As the spot continues, a rather homely young man approaches looking like he just woke up and through on shirt. The young lady tells the man she has been talking to that her date is approaching and that he is a french model. The date makes an attempt at speaking french and we learn immediately that he is obviously not french and not a model. But because she read it on the internet she is confident that he is who he says.
I find this commercial humorous but also rather alarming because I think the commercial describes much of our world.
Jiim Dennison, long-time pastor and modern day theologian, pointed out that now days, Google has gained a trust level that is rivaling the church. In fact, in Great Brittain, 17% of the population trust the church, while Google gets a 28% trust level rating.
As the church we can shake our fist at our culture and shout, “What’s wrong with you people?” “Did you fall and hit your head on something?”
But here is my question for us: How did we get to this point? Why is it that the world sees the church as irrelevant and not trustworthy?
Maybe its time for us to be the church! Maybe its time that we hit our knees and pray for God to bring revival and renewal.
As cliché as this is – and trust me, it’s cliché – it is still true. People don’t care what you know unless they know that you care. (I told you it was cliché).
It is time that we get real about showing people we care and demonstrating that the church and God are more relevant today than at any other time in our lives. This matters! This makes a difference!
Pray with me that we will see God move in unimaginable ways in our generation.
And may it start with me!
Clay in the Hands 