“No God — No Potatoes!”
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin Articles Tags: Bulletin Articles on GodIn the former Soviet Union, peasant farmers often enjoyed telling humorous stories to lighten their dreary lives. The following is such a story:
One day, a government commissar visited a farmer and inquired about the year’s potato crop. “Oh, it was wonderful,” the farmer replied slyly. “It was so big, it reached up to the very foot of God.”
The commissar’s countenance quickly changed. With a scowl, he said, “But comrade, this is a communist state and we are atheists. You must not forget, there is no God!”
“Ah, that’s my point,” the farmer replied. “No God — no potatoes!”
Yes, whether we believe it or not, God is the source of all things (Psalm 136:25). The apostle Paul once told a pagan audience, “In Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). And in Colossians 1:12-18, Paul gives emphasis to the great creating and sustaining work of God in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ. Without His sustaining power, we couldn’t draw a single breath (Hebrews 1:1-3).
As Christians, do we who confess faith in a personal God, to whom we owe our very existence, respond with thanksgiving, worship, and praise? If not, we differ little from that commissar who saw no connection between God and potatoes.