"Taco Feeds" OR "Is your Christian fellowship Christ Centered?"

The notice in the church bulletin or the flier on the church bulletin board says, “TACO FEED” in great big print and in smaller print tells where, when and what to bring. Implied, by the fact that this is in the church bulletin or in some way located in church stuff, implied is that this will be Christian fellowship and thus will be a sub-category of loving and serving God.

When you actually attend the taco feed and really pay attention you will notice that as far as loving and serving God, there is a quick prayer at the beginning of the taco feed and then if everyone leaves at the same time another at the end. Between the two quick prayers no one has Bibles with them (I am dating myself a little, have not been involved since iPhones have come along.) Conversations are centered on what their friends are doing, fixing cars, football and raising kids. The Bible is not talked about or referred to. There is not prayer going on and no one is singing praises to God.

The assumption is that where ever two or more are gathered there Jesus will be in the midst of them. Everyone would agree that if three Christians were all three paying the same prostitute for her services that Jesus is not in their midst. One reason is that they are probably not really Christians. True followers of Jesus act like Jesus is the center of their lives.

Imagine having a conversation with someone who is married and in love with their spouse. Is it hard to get them to talk about their spouse? No. Imagine a proud grandma, is it hard to get her to talk about her grandchild? No. Imagine someone who likes to fish, is it hard to get them talking about fishing? No. Imagine a group of Christians, is it hard to get them to talk about Jesus? Yes! Huh?!?

I say that if conversations do not come back to Jesus from time to time, the people involved are not involved in Christian fellowship and Jesus is not truly in their midst. They also need to ask themselves if they are really, actively following Jesus.

If the flier on the door advertises “Taco Feed”, you can expect tacos to be the center of the celebration, not Jesus and it is not a fellowship of believers. Their may be a few frustrated believers in attendance, but you have not satisfied their need for true fellowship. If it did satisfy you, Huh?!?