Are We Too Religious?

The otherday I saw a photo of Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen,goofing around being silly, sliding down a railing. He was even in his robes!  My first impression was that “this is irreverent”. Kind of like I felt in 1972 when I heard they had underwear that had “Jesus loves you” on it. Yuck, a definite aversion. Then the same day I heard a podcast by Dutch Sheets in which he talks about Jesus dancing and having fun. Hmmmm, is God trying to tell me something? Too often our impression of Jesus is that He is stoic, serious, ready to call out sin, never laughing or having fun. Is this accurate? Could it be that He is greater than we imagined? That in our zeal to defend His holiness, we actually keep people FROM Him?  Dutch Sheets prayed this prayer the other day: "Teach us that HOLY DOESN'T MEAN SOMBER... Bring a presence movement to the Church that shows the world how irresistible you are." Let's let ourselves believe in a more marvelous revelation of Jesus than our religious upbringing has taught us. "The coming great awakening will result in the greatest celebrations of worship in earth's history." As I think of Jonathan Roumie playing with his friends, I am warmed by Jesus' humanity, and love Him more because of it. Two suggestions: 1) watch The Chosen. You can download the app, it's truly fantastic.2) read The Pleasure of His Company by Dutch Sheets. You can download an app to hear him or read his material at Give Him 15. The quotes in this blog are taken from this book.God is doing a new thing, let's not miss it!