Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in Charge!

Since Grandpa Greeson went to be with the Lord, we have done a lot of reminiscing. One of my favorite stories happened this past Christmas at the Greesons. My mother and father-in-law had picked up a cake from Dairy Queen for dessert. The cake had been cut and the pieces served. Grandpa Greeson was thoroughly enjoying his piece. At 94, evidently dessert was his favorite part of the meal. Grandpa was mowing on the cake and wearing as much as he was eating. The cake was made with white and chocolate ice cream but had blue icing all over it. Grandpa was covered with white ice cream and blue frosting. He looked like a kid at his first birthday party. Grandma went over to try to help but Grandpa loved the cake and pushed grandma away. My father-in-law saw the mess and tried to get the cake away from him to no avail. Finally Grandma said, "Harrold, I told you to give me the cake!" Grandpa responded, "Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge!" Too funny. I stored that away to write a book about it one day titled, "Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge!"

Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge? That is a great question. There are lots of places where you could ask that question. Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge of your home? Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge at work? Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge of your family? Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge at church? Let me put it another way. If there was a throne like the one to the left involved, who would be sitting on it?

If you were living in Corinth at the time Paul wrote the letter to the Corinthians you may have asked, "Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge of the church at Corinth?" It was an issue. It was so much of an issue that Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:10, "I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no dividsion among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought." And it doesn't end there. Chapter three deals with the issue of who people in the church are following. "I follow Paul, I follow Apollos, I follow Jesus." Whose church is it anyway? In Chaper 5, 6 and 7, there are divisions over the issue of sex and marriage. In Chapter 8, we find a quarrel about food sacrificed to idols. Who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge here anyway?

It is easy to to wonder who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charge. Often, like grandpa, we know the answer to the question. We think that we are the one's in charge. Most of us like being in charge. We like getting our way and doing what we want. It is easy to want to be the head of any and everything we are a part of. But Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12, that we are a member of Christ's body. So, if we are members of Christ's body, who in the Sam Hill do you think is in charege here anyway? Jesus. Well, at least he should be. Christ should be in charge in our home, in charge in our work place, in charge with our families, and in charge with our church. Maybe we ought to put a note on our miror that says, "Jesus is in charge of my life" to remind us every day who should be in control. Maybe we ought to set a place at the head of the dinner table to remind us that Jesus is in charge of our family. Maybe we ought to put Jesus' name on our checking acounts to remind us that He is in charge of our money. Maybe we ought to put an empty chair at our leadership team meetings reminding us who is in charge of the church. And maybe, just maybe, if we allow Jesus to be in control we would all get along better.

In His Love,
Pastor Aaron