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In a moment of weakness, I bought some goo for the boys that was advertised on television. The people using it in the commercials were having lots of fun applying the goo to cups and notebooks, creating colorful and cool customized, well, junk.
When it arrived we settled on the back porch trying to do exactly what the people on TV were able to do.
It will come as no surprise to you that it didn’t work. The goo stuck to everything, except the surfaces where you wanted it to stick. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t get it to spread evenly and it was close to impossible to get the goo back into its container.
My youngest son, in exasperation, looked up and said, “They lied to us!”
False hype sets everyone up for disaster. Extravagant claims and fail-safe promises appeal to our selfish interests, but ultimately, they undermine our hope.
When we witness to others about who God is and what he is doing in our lives, we’re inviting and teaching others to place their confidence in him.
The objective, then, is to focus “our hope on the living God” (1 Timothy 4:10 NIV), letting others know it is God and God alone who will work through them and be their hope that will not disappoint, instead of pre-programmed patterns that certify spiritual success—“how God works for me; take simple steps 1–2–3.”
We’re not hyping goo; we’re telling people about something so remarkable any hype will falls short of the truth—that the Holy Spirit will enter their lives and show them what is possible when Jesus is working from within.
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