I was thinking about the whole "tomato" pronunciation thing. There is this lady that comes into the Subway I work at, and when she asks for tomato's she says it with the "ah" sound instead of the "a" sound. (for the record, this is freaking awesome to hear and it was a lifelong dream to hear someone say tomato like that! love it.) What got me thinking was that I still knew what she was referring to. The tomato with the "ah" sound holds the exact same qualities as the tomato with the "a" sound, because they are the same thing. Why is it so easy then to make the connection in the difference of the pronunciation of tomato's, but we constantly fail to make the connection that Jesus is God. They are the exact same, just with a different pronunciation right?
God just has many pronunciations instead of only two. Father, friend, counselor, neighbor, savior, Lord, and king are just a few. ALL of them hold the exact same qualities as God. If this is the case, then shouldn't it be way easier to "reach for the right God" when we ask for Him by name? Why have we made is so difficult to recognize God in everyday situations? It's like we don't know what He looks like, so we end up grabbing something else. What if I would have grabbed green peppers when the lady asked for tom"ah"tos? I would have probably looked like a jackass, but I'd also look really stupid because it's pretty obvious what she asked for. In the same way, isn't it foolish to ask God for something and then take something else because you couldn't recognize that God is obviously in front of you? Had I grabbed the peppers, I'm sure I would have been corrected until I grabbed the right thing. In the same way, I feel like the body of Christ should correct those who "grab the wrong God" until they know for sure that what they have is the right thing. God is the same no matter what form He is in, just like tomato's are. Sometimes it just takes a little help to see Him.
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