They say we use about 10% of our brain. A few thoughts come to mine: (get it? mine? my brain? okay...)
*Who is "they" anyway?
*10% is biblical - isn't it? Kinda like "brain tithing" or something...
*I hit for an average of .327 in baseball and thought that was decent. I don't know what to think about hitting .100 in brain-usage.
*I'm really hoping that I'm a double digit guy in the big picture. I've been to Walmart past 11:00pm and seen the guy wearing the overalls and no shirt. That can skew an average quick.
and finally...
*What if we did use the other 90%? What would that be like?
All this brain-percentage-talk caused me to consider the following question:
How much of God do I use? Maybe another way to ask that is how much do I believe God? Or better still - how big is my God? Do I believe in a 100% God or a 10% God?
I know...tough question. The answer is equally as brutal.
I think my God is too small. I know I don't live for gods. You know, like "little g" gods...
I believe that my life has been surrendered to the one and true God. You know, like "Big G" God...
But just how much of that "Big G" God do I believe? How big is my "Big G" God really?
I find it odd when my God is anything but Big. I'm going to pray that my God is really big in my life today!
It is bad enough to only use 10% of your brain. Believing, loving, and following anything less than 100% of God is more than a little odd. It is completely sad!
I leave you with the words from a contemporary psalmist from Waco, David Crowder:
I'm so bored of little gods
While standing on the edge of
something large
While standing here, so close to You
We could be consumed
What a glorious day
I give up, I lay down
Rest my face upon this ground
Lift my eyes to Your sky
Rid my heart of all I hide
So sweet this surrender
CHORUS:
How great Your love for us
How great our love for You
That grace could cover us
How great Your love
How marvelous, how brilliantly
Luminous, You shine on me
And who can fail to give You awe
To fear You, God, so sovereign and strong
What a glorious day
What a wonderful day, today
What a glorious day
What a wonderful day, today
Glorious day
-the song is "How Great" and is by David Crowder
What about you? Are you bored of little gods?
Friday, July 29, 2005
Big G. A Little Odd.
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2 comments:
Quile'- Crowders song is one of my favs... 90% of the time...whatever the mix is on actually how much brain power we use I can assure you that we did not come close to our quota our freshman year.. I told people stories about Scout demolishing trees and us putting two arrows in the heart of the Ronald McDonald and Marlboro man...
I prayed for your sermon today...hope it went great...
Maybe if we would use more of that Brain...God would be as big to us as he should be.
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