Hello ,

For about five dollars you can buy a four-inch plastic bobblehead Jesus that bounces on a metal spring and adheres firmly to the dashboard of your car. One advertisement for this product says you can “stick him where you need forgiveness” and he will “guide you through the valley of gridlock.”

I included a picture of one in this e-Devotional (so that you could have a better understanding, if you haven't seen one).

The dashboard Jesus has become a cultural phenomenon. In the song “Plastic Jesus” Billy Idol sings, “With my plastic Jesus, goodbye and I'll go far, with my plastic Jesus sitting on the dashboard of my car.”

Paul Newman sang it in the movie Cool Hand Luke. The words begin, “Well, I don’t care if it rains or freezes, long as I have my plastic Jesus sitting on the dashboard of my car.”

To lots of people, Jesus, church, and Christianity are cultural trappings but not life-changing realities.

I have long wondered why there are people in society who just don't take a the message of Jesus Christ, and Christianity all that seriously. 

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."  Matthew 5:16

A plastic dashboard Jesus is far less an offense to the world, than a "plastic" Christian who doesn't seem to have been changed by God's love. 

Let's ask God to help us to be authentic representations of His amazing love. 

Have a great day and God bless!

 

Pastor Mike / The Open Word