July 15, 2005

[Rev. Doc]

Who's In Control?

"And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy."
Colossians 1:18

When Christian Herter was governor of Massachusetts, he was running hard for a second term in office. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes (and no lunch) he arrived at a church barbecue. It was late afternoon and Herter was famished. As Herter moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving chicken. She put a piece on his plate and turned to the next person in line.

"Excuse me," Governor Herter said, "do you mind if I have another piece of chicken?"

"Sorry," the woman told him. "I'm supposed to give one piece of chicken to each person."

"But I'm starved," the governor said.

"Sorry," the woman said again. "Only one to a customer."

Governor Herter was a modest and unassuming man, but he decided that this time he would throw a little weight around. "Do you know who I am?" he said. "I am the governor of this state."

"Do you know who I am?" the woman said. "I'm the lady in charge of the chicken. Move along, mister."

Prayer: Ask God to help you continually remember that He is in control of all aspects of your life.

"It's easy to follow when we want to go where the leader is taking us, but what about when He takes a turn we're not in favor of?"
~Lisa Barry

[Ky Kiske]

haha that's a good message.
Sometimes everybody wants an extra piece of chicken if you get my meaning.
We feel like it is owed to us for the great things we do, yet without God we wouldn't even have the existence to do those great things.