Absurd: “Opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with reason, or the plain dictates of common sense.” (American Dictionary of the English Language)
Outside magazine has a The North Face ad for its CHINSCRAPER shoe and AGILITY shorts, as used by The North Face Endurance Athlete Joe Kulak. The ad reads,
You drink gallons of coffee on Monday because…
? Mondays are Mondays.
? You didn’t get much sleep over the weekend while completing one of your 29 100-mile races, each in under 24 hours, just like Joe Kulak.
There are a lot of things that to us seem absurd, but running for 100 miles seems patently absurd. It’s the equivalent of me running from my home to Atoka, OK. It’s almost inconceivable to me, but people do it more often than you’d think.
For some, the story of Jesus is absurd. For others, the story isn’t beyond belief, but the thought of living for him accord to the Way is. Even his own disciples struggled to grasp they Way Jesus was laying down for them to live, along with the things they would be able to accomplish through faith. Even a “mustard seed” faith could move mountains (Matthew 17:20). But what’s impossible for mortals is possible for God (Matthew 19:26).
Mankind is blessed with immense talent and ability, focus and drive, strength and courage, but think of what can be accomplished spiritually with a power that is of God! “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly hat all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen” (Ephesians 3:20-21).
With God, can we do what to us seems absurd?
