Nachos with Extra Cheese

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The Bible encourages us to "Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching" (2 Timothy 4:2).

The other day I took my wife Lyndsey out on a date to a family friendly movie. While we were at the movies I went to get us some refreshments. One of my absolute favorite foods in the world are Nachos with extra cheese from the Movie Theaters, and so this is what I was longing to have. While I was waiting in a very long and crowded line, I began to soon understand that the food that I was primarily sent to the refreshment stand for, was not my long-desired Nachos, but instead, my food was to do the will of God, and to sow where it didn't appear anyone had been laboring yet. You see, standing behind me were these two teenage boys. While I was standing in line admiring the beautiful picture of Nachos on the Menu at the counter, I overheard one of the young men say, "J.... C.....". Anytime I ever here someone say "JC" or "GD" or "For C Sakes", it really grieves me in the spirit, and so I immediately turned, and with a warm smile and gentle tone I said, "Are you excited about His return?" The young man looked at me with a dazed and confused expression, and said, "Huh?" I said, "Are you ready for the return of Jesus? You did call out His name a moment ago didn't you?"

As he was searching for words to say his long-haired, self-confident, witty young friend jumped in and said, "I don't believe in God, or in Jesus. They don't exist." I said, "What in the world makes you say that?" He said, "I believe in evolution. You know the big bang!" I said, "You believe in the big bang? Well, who created the big bang?" He said, "two worlds collided." (This was a new theory on the big bang that I was unaware of). I said, "Well, who created the two worlds that collided?" He said, "atoms". I said, "who created the atoms?" He then said some offensive and immature words that allowed us to get off of a subject that he was having difficulty defending. He then said, "Jesus never existed, and that is why I don't believe in him." I said, "You seem like you are a young man who has a desire to be intelligent, but to make a statement that Jesus never existed is a very ignorant statement. There is more proof that Jesus existed than Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar." He then said, "Well, they didn't exist either. Even if Jesus was real, he wasn't God. He was just a miracle worker." I told him, "Jesus was definitely real, and He was definitely God, and He definitely did miracles. The greatest miracle He did was that He died for your sins, and then He resurrected from the dead, and if you turn from your sins and put your trust in Jesus, He will give you eternal life."

At that point, the lady at the counter said, "Next." And I went to order some of my favorite health food, Nachos with Extra Cheese! I am sure with me leaving on that statement, they had something extremely challenging to think about as well. As I was waiting for my order, the two teenagers came up to the counter right next to me. I pulled out a couple of gospel tracts and handed the tracts to them. I also told them that I know talking about Jesus is not always an easy thing, but He is real, and eternity is far too long not to be sure where you are going. I was surprised that they both agreed with me about the importance of eternity being far too long not to be sure where they were heading, and they said they would think about what I had shared with them.

May this encourage you to be ready in season and out of season to share your faith with those who are unknowingly starving for the answers to eternity, even when you are in line waiting for Nachos with extra cheese.

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