"When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." - Matthew 9:36
Friday, Fun-day, Food-day, Faith-day.
Maybe some of you are going out to eat tonight. When my kids and I go out to eat, we sure don't know how to pronounce every food, but we get quite tickled when we hear what we're pretty sure are hack-jobs.
Courtesy of the following web page (http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2013/02/the-10-most-frequently-mispronounced-foods.html) here are my six favorite most frequently mispronounced foods:
6. Bruschetta: (broo-sket-tah, not broo-shedda),
5. Espresso: (e-spres-oh, not ex-presso),
4. Chipotle: (chi-poht-ley, not chi-pottel),
3. Beignet: (ben-yay, not beg-net),
2. Gyro: (yee-row or zheer-oh, but not ji-ro),
1. Quesadilla: (key-suh-dee-uh, not kwes-ah-dilla).
To hack the pronunciation of a menu item is like saying to a waiter, "I don't even know what I'm asking for. But I'm trusting you to figure it out."
It's a lot like the people in today's Bible verse. They came to Jesus really not even knowing what they were asking for, but they trusted Jesus to figure it out. So Jesus had compassion on them. In the comparable passage in Mark 6:34, it's written that Jesus showed them compassion by "teaching them many things."
I don't know. Maybe he was teaching them how to pronounce the six spiritual foods that many people don't even know are on the menu:
1. Manna (ˈmænə): the food in Deuteronomy 8:3 that God uses "to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."
2. Tithe (taɪð): a wise friend reminded me yesterday that sometimes people need to come to their own conclusions, and so it is with the tithe. Read Malachi 3:10 for yourself, and see how the whole tithe is clearly referred to as a food that every human being should be sure to both eat and give away because of the promised blessing that's within.
3. Obedience (əˈbiː.di.əns): again, read it for yourself in John 4:34, "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work." It is a rare, but blessed person, who sees doing God's will as a way to get fed and energized.
4. Righteousness (ˈraɪ.tʃəs-nəs), specifically the righteousness worked in us by God's grace and received in faith. Such is the only conceivable food that Jesus could be referring to in John 6:27 when he says, "Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
5. Holy Communion (kəˈmjuː.ni.ən): the food where Jesus gives himself, along with the benefits of forgiveness, victory over the power of sin and the power of death, and abundant life in the kingdom of God. This feast is what Jesus offers in Matthew 26:26 where "Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, 'Take and eat; this is my body.'"
6. Prophecy (prɒk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən)/Proclamation (prɒk.ləˈmeɪ.ʃən): God's life-changing word is a food so sweet to your tongue when you speak it, but it might turn your stomach sour, especially when people don't want to hear God's Word, except in the tone, style, substance, and frequency of their choosing. I'm just telling you what God says in Revelation 10:9: "So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, 'Take it and eat it. It will turn your stomach sour, but "in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."'"
So there you have your food choices from the menu that is God's Holy Bible. Think of God's food as you have fun trying to pronounce and fun listening to others pronounce some of your favorite foods on Friday, Fun-day, Food-day, Faith-day.
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
No comments:
Post a Comment