Interesting Trip to Burger King
I probably had the greatest experience ever going to Burger King this past Tuesday. It was just overall a very stupid situation that turned out hilariously. I kept joking around and saying things like, “GUYS WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD IS TRYING TO TEACH US IN THIS MOMENT?” Little did I know, He was trying to teach me something with this whole experience (Go figure).
A little back story. I received a sheet with a lot of BK Coupons, and I got super excited. I snapped a picture of it and sent it to LIFE Group a few days before and asked if anyone was going to come join me. It was such good news that I wanted to plan something for after LIFE Group! Then during LIFE Group, I went all drama-queen on some people and I’m like borderline begging them to go to Burger King. C’mon guys! It’s cheap Burger King! It’s gonna be awesome! You need to eat food? Come get Burger King with us!
So then I gathered a group of people to go. We strategically planned out which coupons to use. At the end, we decided on using four coupons. When we got to the drive-thru of Burger King, we discovered that we were only allowed one coupon per car! What the heck?! At that point, we had already gone so far. We weren’t going to give up now. We managed to become desperate for Burger King, so desperate that we decided to call another Burger King to see if they would allow us to use more than one coupon at their drive-thru. Fortunately, we found a Burger King that would accept all four of our coupons at once, so we immediately took off for this second Burger King.
So... Well that was stupid. The first thing that stuck out to me was: Why the heck was I so desperate to go to Burger King? At the time, in my mind, this was good news! I had good news and I wanted to share it with my LIFE Group! To the point where I was desperate to find some people to go with me. And here I am, sharing the good news of Burger King with so much desperation. Then it occurred to me later. Why am I so eager to share the good news of Burger King, while I lack the eagerness to share the good news of Jesus Christ, the King above all Kings?
But really, what’s keeping me from sharing the good news of Jesus Christ? Do I not see the need for the gospel in this in my workplace, on this campus, or really, in the world? Do I believe that this good news is worth sharing and worth dying for? Do I even believe that this is good news?
And then here we are, a group of people who for some reason became desperate for Burger King. We were so close to getting this Burger King that we didn’t give up even if we looked ridiculous getting it. Our desperation led us to become weak and shameless and I was slapped with another challenge. Am I this desperate for the Lord? In my weakness do I believe that God will be there for me?
The situation was stupid, but thanks be to God, for He takes all these things and uses them for good.