CHIA PETS ARE CLAY FIGURINES, IMPREGNATED WITH SEEDS, so all you have to do is soak them in water and WALLA, they sprout. They sell them at places like K-Mart, or on late-night television. All I have to say is the people who think these things up have way too much time on their hands. But then again, I guess somebody had to come up with an idea for using all those alfalfa sprouts from the late 1970’s.
This past week we were blessed to have some of our youth spend a day weeding the front flowerbeds. At one point one of them commented that the overgrown status of the gardens at the front of the made the church look like a Chia Pet. She had a good point, one that has some theological implications as well.
The church is much like a China Pet in that we too are impregnated with a seed, that seed being the good news about Jesus Christ. In order for it to sprout we need to be immersed in the Holy Spirit, and then consistently watered by the Word of God and prayer. When these events happen, the seed can sprout, even from that which looked like nothing bat barren clay. But, if let to go dry, that which had arisen fresh and green, will soon dry to a dry brown crinkly weed.
The message for us is clear. We are called to bear fruit as followers of Jesus Christ, and the only way that can happen is by being well watered and continuing in the light of the sun. As we maintain that place, then our spirits will stay fresh and we will produce the fruit of righteousness.
Grow on!