Junior Strength Jesus

Allergies, migraines, back pain, sleeplessness, cough, cold, day, night....there's a pill for that. Whatever ails you we have found a remedy for, just be sure to pay close attention to the label. Because, we have extra-strength, daily dose, maximum relief, 8 hour, 12 hour, and 24 hour varieties. We even have the diluted, dulled down children's strength brand medicine.


I recently was walking through the pharmacy and actually stopped to pay close attention to the tons of options available for any ailment imaginable, and I could not help draw parallels to the way we come to God.


We like our Jesus "specially formulated" to whatever needs we believe are most important at that moment. We require our God to be "rapid release" in His response, and require the remedy to be free of any "side effects" of sacrifice or obedience. We prefer the Jehovah PM that allows us to be drowsy in out diligence and prevents us from "operating heavy ministry" while taking. We encapsulate His message into easy to shallow lukewarm "liqui-gels" and give the bitter truth a bubble gum flavor. The sad reality is our treatments have been successful. We have quieted the ringing of conviction in our ears, we have handled the headache of holiness, and have eliminated the "back pain" from carrying that pesky cross.


We have medicated the masses with a "generic" God, and have forgotten the "name brand" by which all men must be saved. We have placed our faith in "over the counter" orthodoxy but neglected to put our sin under the cross. Our youth suffer the most from the pretense of our pious pill popping, Because we worry that the "placebo presence" we have in our churches right now might be to "strong" for our kids. So we secure our truth with child-proof caps, and put it high on a shelf for when there "of age". Then we divvy out the "junior strength Jesus" that promises no over- dose.


The only problem with this is that evil doesn't come in children-strength, and the symptoms of sin aren't stopped with an insignificant "infant drops" intimacy with God. But there is a prescription capable of truly providing healing. There is a treatment of truth that goes right to the source of our pain...to "deliver" fast effective relief"....right where we need it most. It is the uncomprimised word of God, and the perfect person of Jesus Christ..." the anytime, empowering, saving, restoring, providing redeemer, so you can lived blessed medicine!!!


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