10 Sep, 2008

Still Tastes Like Chicken

A Secret you can Share!

KFC Beefs Up Secret Recipe Security

For more than 20 years, the secret KFC recipe has been in a filing cabinet equipped with two combination locks in company headquarters. To reach the cabinet, you have to open up a vault and unlock three locks on a door. Only two executives at any time have access to it and the company refuses to release their name or title. The company uses multiple suppliers who produce and blend the ingredients but know only a part of the entire contents. All this was not enough for KFC, so Colonel Harland Sanders' handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices will be removed Tuesday from safekeeping at KFC's corporate offices and security improvements for the recipe will be made at headquarters. KFC hired off-duty police officers and private security guards to bring the document to an undisclosed location in an armored car. The recipe will be slid into a briefcase and handcuffed to security expert and former New York City police detective, Bo Dietl.

Ephesians 1:9-12

9 God's secret plan has now been revealed to us; it is a plan centered on Christ, designed long ago according to his good pleasure. 10 And this is his plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ - everything in heaven and on earth.

11 Furthermore, because of Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us from the beginning, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.

12 God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God.

Kentucky Fried Chicken's SECRET recipe is one of the best kept secrets of all time. Know what, though? It still tastes like chicken! (And in my opinion an awful lot like Popeye's recipe!) If a chicken batter recipe is such a big deal, how much bigger of a deal is the secret of God's Story?

The amazing thing, is that the secret of God's Story isn't a secret! The truth about God has been "revealed to us." God's plan is "centered on Christ." As you get to know Jesus, and do your best to follow him, you discover more and more about who God is.

Verse eleven in The Message says, "Its in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us,..."

The secret is out! God loves you just as you are, and he's looking for you, and wants a relationship with you. He demonstrated that love by sending Jesus to pay the penalty of your sin! (Romans 5:8).

Verse 12 gives us the natural response to discovering God's secret plan and beginning a relationship with Him:

"God's purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ should praise our glorious God."

How about you? Do you get bogged down in the negative pressures all around you or do you take time to thank God for loving you, forgiving your sins, and for at least ten other things everyday? Try it right now!

Seriously, if you didn't come up with ten things to praise God for go back to the previous paragraph.

A second natural response to discovering God's secret is the desire to share it with others. It IS the best kept secret. As you follow Jesus, you will see changes in your life, and so will your friends. They will ask you what is happening in your life. So you naturally want to tell them about Christ.

1 Peter 3:15-16 gives us some very wise advice:

"...if you are asked about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it. But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way...

God's plan is a secret you can share!

  • Make Christ the center of your life.
  • Let friends know you are committed to follow Jesus.
  • Answer their questions with gentleness and respect.
  • Watch them begin to realize God loves them too!
  • Eat a Big Mac. Save a chicken!
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