What Are You Riding In?

(My friend, Andy Hunter, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Denmark, SC, included this in a recent church newsletter article.  I asked him if I could share it with you.)

 

Every year some of the best commercials are debuted on the Super Bowl and this year was no exception.  One of my favorites featured a hip-hop musician whose car breaks down on his way to a big awards show.  A Pepsi truck stops to give him a ride, and when he arrives at the awards show in the truck, everyone thinks it's his.  Suddenly a new trend starts, and everyone rushes out to get their own Pepsi truck.  To me, it points to how nutty the public is when it comes to what is in fashion, or is hip, or is cool.  Our desire to imitate is amazing!  The sad thing is that so many people are imitating the wrong things.  The Bible tells us in Ephesians 5:1-2 to imitate the right things when it states, "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God."