Most of us are familiar with the image of a glass half empty or a glass half
full. Imagine yourselves and First Christian Church in the light of either one of
these images.
A glass half empty conveys the thoughts of hopelessness, despair, pessimism,
and failure. Why should I or we invest our time, our energy, and our effort into
something that seems to be gradually draining out? How much more can we draw
or take from that half empty glass until it is truly empty?
On the other hand, a glass half full conveys the thoughts of hope, growing
energy and passion, optimism with a future to embrace. Why shouldn’t I or we
become excited and hopeful for what is yet to come?
We are in the midst of the season of Advent, a season that is filled with hope
and excitement and acceptance of God’s blessed gift of love to us, His Son and our
Savior. God never embraced the image of a glass half empty and He seeks for us
to model in our individual lives, in our work, and most certainly within the body of
Christ, his church that same image.
There is a moment when Jesus was teaching the crowds in his Sermon on the
Mount in which he embodied the image of not only a glass half full, but also a glass
that was overflowing. Read Matthew 6:25-34 and truly drink in the truth of those
words.
Will you be that glass half empty or that glass half full?
Pastor Nik
