HOW DOES A PERSON EAT
AN ELEPHANT?
(There’s an Elephant
in the Church House!)
This brief article
launches a series of short, informal and to-the-point bulletins of the
all-important subject of the Kingdom of God.
The topic of this article
has to do with eating an elephant. The
elephant is an illustration of something very huge that cannot be denied. We often refer to an obvious subject yet to
be acknowledged as “an elephant in the room”.
The
Kingdom
of
God
is to the whole of Christianity the
“elephant in the room” and up until a little while ago it was largely un-addressed
except under the pressure of taking positions all along the spectrum of opinions,
background, past, present and future of the Kingdom. It is
difficult to conceive that the subject that Jesus addressed throughout his
ministry from beginning to end, literally, seems only to merit honorable
mention in Christendom today. So there
is an elephant in the room!
Now that we have
acknowledged the elephant, we must deal with the same.. The reference to “eating an elephant” does not mean that I am suggesting that such is
going to happen but I am recommending that we deal with up front with the issue
of to the
Kingdom
of
God
.
If one could rake
up a ravenous appetite sufficient to take on an elephant for supper, there
would be only one way to do it, one bite at a time!
The same rule must
apply to the
Kingdom
of
God
, the elephant in
the church house.
How shall we receive the Kingdom? What will be our first move? More ponderous
than the elephant is this great subject that occupies the heart of God 24/7.
Therefore, I
propose that we approach the matter of “eating” the Kingdom as we might face
the issue of “eating an elephant” . . . one bite at a time or, as I have just
consulted the dictionary, it might be one “byte” at a time.
Nevertheless, the
next articles on the
Kingdom
of
God
will be offered
unto the title, Kingdombites, an
elephant-sized subject, a bite at a time.
It’s huge!
