Waffle Fries & Mad Cows

To my readers, 

I love Chick-fil-a. 

As my friend Josh Boren would say, “Who doesn’t? Except for Vegans!”

Chick-fil-A is a top notch fast-food restaurant that has great food, amazing service, and waffle fries.  Waffle fries alone sell me- not even the unique ketchup packets or the staff that always responds with “my pleasure,” after you thank them.  You had me at Waffle Fries.

The interesting part is when I crave Chick-fil-a.  Don’t get me wrong, I certainly agree with Tim Hawkins when he sings, “I could eat there seven times a day,” but it never fails that as church lets out, I smell chicken.  The thoughts of an Arnold Palmer drive me crazy until I remember the heartbreaking truth:

Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays.

It seems that every Sunday my Chick-fil-a crave meter skyrockets. Have you ever in your frustrated search for second best food wondered why this is?

I believe its because I can’t have it on Sundays.

James writes a letter in the New Testament that says,

“You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it.  You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.  Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.  And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong- you want only what will give you pleasure.” James 4:2-3, NLT.

My craving for Chick-Fil-A goes up on Sundays because I can’t have it. 

The truth is, if I had the gear, I would very much scheme and suit up as a spy would and infiltrate a Chick-Fil-A.  Sadly, I don’t have this as an option.

However, how often do we want something so badly that we are willing to cut corners, break rules, or even laws in order to have it?

If we were honest, we'd see that we are looking for something very temporal.  We are hoping that this next piece of technology, this next relationship, the next job will fill us and give us satisfaction, peace, and joy.

None of it will ever work.

When we focus our attention from these temporal quick pleasures to Christ, we are able to go from empty to overflowing. Until we focus on Him, we are simply pouring water into a bucket with a hole in the bottom of it.  Its when we’re focused on our relationship with him that we are filled.

Jesus is the only thing that can ever satisfy you.  He is the living water from which we will never become thirsty again. 

Whats stopping you from being filled?

PS) Come join us tonight at the Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff at Sunset Station from 7pm-9pm! Two42 will have a booth and we'd love to see you! 

Simply,

Tex G.M. Rule

“You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it.  You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.  Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.  And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong- you want only what will give you pleasure.” James 4:2-3, NLT.