Apr 13, 2017

Second Time Keurig

But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil. ~Matthew 5:37


I heard about days gone by when men sealed deals with a handshake. Now they do it with lawyers. It used to be that a man’s word was his bond, but that day is long past. Now his word must come in the form signature at the bottom of a contract.
Whatever happened to the days when a man could stand on his integrity and be trusted to do so regardless if situations changed?
  A friend explained his theory to me. I agree. In my home we have a Keurig Coffee maker. Our Keurig uses something called “K-Cups” which are purchased with coffee pre-packaged and labeled flavor and/or brand. The draw back to K-Cups is that they should only be used once. 
I promise you will only use a K-Cup twice, once!
Second time Keurig coffee is a watered down, weak-sauce version of the original. They are far from the best version of the Keurig K-Cup system. 
Adult males today are like a second-time-Keurig. They wander life weak, impotent, and lacking power. They are a watered down version of the man they were created for. And society applauds them for it. Society expects it. Society has government-designed programs specifically for weak-sauce American males.
Men, we were made for something bigger than ourselves—something greater than ourselves. We were created in the image of God to reflect the best version of ourselves to a world desperately searching for an authentic life. More than anytime in our history, young men are desperate to model their lives after men who live as their best version. 
When a man refuses to trust Jesus Christ—I know how radical this sounds—
that man will never live as the best version of himself. He may live a good life. He may be successful, but without ruthless trust in Jesus he is nothing more than a watered-down, second-time-Keurig, version of himself. 
John Eldredge in his book Wild at Heart said it best when he penned, “Let the world feel the weight of who I am and let them deal with it!” 
Yes!
When a man radically devotes himself to Jesus Christ he unleashes his fury upon this world as the unapologetic best version of himself.  Trust the Creator of the Universe to grow into a man of substance, depth and courage. Let Him give you world-impacting weight!