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Broadway Christian Church •Columbia,Missouri the Worship Of BROADWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH • COLUMBIA, MISSOURI THE WORSHIP OF GOD • APRIL 18, 2021 The Scripture Psalm 4 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer. How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah But know that the LORD has set apart the faithful for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him. When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD. There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O LORD!” You have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and wine abound. I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety. The Message What the World Needs Clear Minds Mark Briley Jack Handey was a comedian and writer for Saturday Night Live for a number of years. He is most known for a segment of short quips that would appear on the show just before going to commercial break. You’d hear the voiceover coming as a scene of a 1 gentle stream flowed through a meadow or something like that. The voice would say, “And now, deep thoughts, by Jack Handey.”1 They would be random like, “Do you know what happens when you slice a golf ball in half? Someone gets mad at you. I found this out the hard way.” And then it would just be over. Commercial. Another one said, “If you’re being chased by an angry bull, and then you notice you’re also being chased by a swarm of bees, it doesn’t really change things. Just keep on running.” Deep thoughts. Once in a while, I’ll catch one my kids in deep thought. I’ll say, “Whatcha thinking about?” and the first response is often, “Just thinking.” And we do… and we are. Isn’t your mind just overflowing these days? We’ve been doing a lot of thinking. That’s always true, I suppose. But these days of transition and discernment and crisis management have us grabbing our frontal lobes with both hands, trying to wring it out like a sponge. It can be heavy. And, at times, we don’t like being alone with our thoughts. A recent report summarized 11 studies finding that people did not enjoy spending even as few as six minutes in a room by themselves with nothing to do but think. Any mundane external activity was preferred. We know we are all wired differently, and this study acknowledges that such is true, but… it’s fascinating. The Wired Word reported on this same research, explaining that “participants in the study ranged in age from 18 to 77. They were told to entertain themselves alone in a room just with their thoughts or to think about hiking or some activity they enjoy. No matter the age, the participants showed no fondness for being alone with their thoughts.” But here’s the literally shocking part. In one phase of the study, participants were given the option of administering a mild shock to themselves by pressing a button. Before starting their time alone, they all received a sample of the shock, and most said they would pay to avoid being shocked again. But, when placed in a room alone with their thoughts and no other distractions, 67% of males and 25% of females gave themselves at least one electric shock during the 15-minute period. Amazing… especially after the same people said they’d pay good money to not experience that shock again. They’d rather be painfully shocked than be alone with their thoughts.2 What would you do? Could you spend 15 minutes alone with your thoughts? It’s interesting, and I think it says a lot about our struggles; especially in this time as we’re 1 www.deepthoughtsbyjackhandey.com 2 "Most people don't enjoy sitting quietly with their thoughts, study shows." The Wired Word for the Week of July 20, 2014. thewiredword.com. 2 slowly emerging out of a pandemic’d world. We’re plugging our minds every day with social media, any number of news outlets, or doing whatever we can to numb ourselves from all we’ve fed our minds all day long. Death by suicide is as high as it’s been since World War II. The gap between polarizing groups has increased significantly as every side says of the other: “Don’t trust,” but “Oppose with venom” those who are not on your side. Where we once could see individuals as uniquely designed and complex, appreciating the layers and respecting commonalities and differences alike, there is now tendency to box people in as one thing or the other, relegating them to one single description: “them.” We used to not judge another until we’d walked in their shoes. Now, we’re more apt to follow the Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey version of that saying: “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes." Does that sound about right? We’ve got a society of cluttered minds, full of toxicity that is quick to poison what was once a more kind and civil world. If you claim Christ, what does this mean for you? What about our church? Welcome to week two of our stewardship series entitled, “What the World Needs Now.” Last week we claimed generous hearts as a clear need of today’s society. What else does the world need now? Clear minds. It has been said that our lives are always moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts. What are you thinking about these days? Our lives are always moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts. What we think shapes who we are. If you’re caught up on something… consumed with something in particular… that is driving you around today. Is your thinking driving you in a positive, healthy direction, or are you going the wrong way around the roundabout in your mind? The Apostle Paul shares one of my favorite thoughts about how to direct our thinking. And he writes it from jail! You feel like the pandemic has been confining. Paul’s in an orange jump suit when he finishes his email to the church at Philippi saying, “Whatever is true, think on those things. Whatever is honorable, think on those things. Whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, whatever is excellent, and praiseworthy, think on these things.” This is a discipline worth working at right now. It harkens back to King David, the psalmist that offers our focal text for today. The 4th Psalm. And that line? “O that we might see some good!” This could have been the title for a pandemic theme song. One struggle and setback after another can do a great deal of damage to the mentality of 3 individuals and collective groups. You begin to wonder if even “some good” will ever be seen again. History suggests that we do come through, and out of, such seasons. Don’t throw away today in despair that which will look like a minor deal in hindsight a few weeks down the road. It is often those who can take in the broad horizon of the experience and imagine life in a new world with a clear mind that tend to guide the rest of us into the “Great Next.” Clear minds see a way and offer the best of themselves to what the world needs now. That’s what we’re aiming for as Christians in this poignant time and place at the mission outpost we call Broadway Christian Church. A clear mind can be tough to come by when people are in your ear with opposing agendas; especially when they are people you love and respect. I’ve seen more people, more marriages, more families torn about during the pandemic than ever before in my ministry. The stress of it all seems to amplify whatever struggle already existed, and implosions and explosions are happening left and right, as these cluttered minds and battered souls have reached avalanche proportions. We’ve wrestled with the needed role of the Church to help get people back together – to clear some heads – to be reminded of a grace-filled perspective that gets us focused on the good we can do, not the negative score keeping we seem to be focused on right now. I knew a couple who was struggling relationally. He was often frustrated with her and she was tired of his negativity. She didn’t think he recognized how negative his thinking was so she just started shouting “Negative!” every time he said something that fit that category. Made for an interesting afternoon that we spent together! I’m not sure it had the impact she wanted, but there it was. For those that spend time around you the most, if they were given freedom to shout “Negative!” (or Positive) throughout the course of your day as you spouted off or spoke about things, what would you hear? We all have our off moments, but if the world needs some clear and positive minds right now that bring us forward.
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