An Inkling
A friend posted this recently,
and I found it to be great fun – and instructive.
When it comes to the stars of
the celebrity constellations, I am definitely out of it. So I had to look up Steve Harvey. In case you are out of it too, he is a
comedian, a radio talk show host, and the host for the TV show Family
Feud. And he has a wonderful capacity
for expressing his excitement about Jesus.
Okay, so maybe it’s not
exactly the language you want to use at every point in writing an orthodox
creed. But it’s language native to
Steve, and it was communicating with his audience. It’s also language that clearly carries his
excitement about Jesus. And Steve is VERY
excited about Jesus.
As I watched him I got to
thinking: Jesus is the only one that it
is impossible to get too excited about.
Our excitement about anyone else can go over the top – be it candidate,
hero, sports star, or even a loved one.
We really can, and sometimes do, speak too highly of someone, a person complete
with limitations and flaws akin to our own.
But not so with Jesus. We simply cannot speak too highly of
him. We cannot be too excited about
him. Whenever we honor him we understate
the reality, because it’s a reality greater in magnitude and goodness than we
can fully take in.
Have you found your own voice
to speak excitement about Jesus? Your
can’t borrow Steve Harvey’s voice, but you have your own. And it’s time to find it and then to find the
places where you can let it sound.
Speak up,
Keith
