The Chicken Sermon

We are all like this chicken.



Until we allow God to do his will, we will always taste and be plain, dry, ordinary chicken. We will look like the rest, we won't stand out.
But, if we take our Bibles and open them up and start letting God's word work on us then we can become a whole lot more than just plain, dry, ordinary chicken.



By reading God's word we are using his sword. (Hebrew 4:12 ~ For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.) With every scripture we read. We are cutting deeper into our soul where God needs to be.

Once we have given our soul over to God, He will then begin to season us to his taste. When you let God in fully and have been washed by the blood of his son, (1 John 1:7 ~ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.; Acts 22:16 ~ And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.) then you are ready to take on what he as set for you.

God will take his word and use it to put the Holy Ghost in you. (Acts 2:38 ~ Then Peter said to them. "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.)

Then as you dig deeper into his word and let the Holy Ghost take hold on your life, you will sense new things happening. (Romans 10:8 ~ But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach)
You will begin to see that your no longer like the other chickens around you. (Colossians 3:16 ~ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord)

Your no longer plain, dry, ordinary chicken. Those around you start noticing.

You start liking the way your feeling. So you keep reading God's word, you get closer than ever with God. He then cleanses you and makes you pure. (2 Corinthians 7:1 ~ Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.)


 Once God has purified you and set you apart from this World. (Malachi 3:3 ~ He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness.) your no longer plain, dry, ordinary chicken. You are a gourmet meal. You are seasoned by His word, you are tied and anchored by His spirit, you are cleansed and made completely new by His blood.

So, today/tonight do you want to continue to be plain, dry, ordinary chicken?
Or do you want to become a gourmet meal?

Written March 16, 2013 at 5:30am