“Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’” John 20:29

A friend gave me and a few of the church guys this shirt over Christmas. Yesterday I was heading out with ‘my wife’ and decided to put it on before leaving. I had no idea it would get such a large reaction from other people. One guy said it was the best shirt he’s seen in a while! Since Katie was standing right beside me, I didn’t know if He was talking about the shirt…or HER!

I have to admit that when I saw Frankie wearing his shirt, I had missed ‘seeing’ the fine print myself. That is, until I finally saw it! Now I realized that the best and biggest reaction to this shirt is IMMEDIATELY when the word ‘psycHOTic’ is FIRST seen! Which is kind of the way it works with Jesus too!

Psychosis is a symptom of an illness, and is used to describe conditions that affect the mind where there has been some loss of contact with reality. That’s a big fancy way of saying someone is ‘out of their mind’ or ‘crazy!’ Which can EASILY be a word describing a Christian. Since we can’t SEE Jesus, many think we are CRAZY to BELIEVE in Him. When folks SEE the word ‘HOT’ on my shirt…then SEE my wife beside me, it’s not a crazy statement! When they catch the whole word, usually the crazy person becomes ME!

Faith is not blind and it is never intended to be so! No where in the Bible are we called to put our faith into something that has no proof of existence. On the contrary! The Word of God PROVES and gives even MORE evidential proof as to how, and why, Jesus Christ is EXACTLY who He claims to be…the Son of God!

I am called by Christ to be His disciple and to go out into the world to prove, and BE the proof of, His claim. It is an impossible task…on my own! He even says so in His Word! Jesus Christ, living in me, is supposed to be proof of His existence and Godliness. But I have to admit, that seems kind of crazy! Which leads me to a thought!!! Could this maybe be proof that Jesus Christ is psychotic???

There is nothing wonderful, awesome, loving and attractive in me. As a born sinner I cannot redeem myself. But The Word says that God loved and saw me how I am NOT…and made me what I AM. Romans 4:27 says, “God gives life to the dead and calls into being things that were not.” Which is the craziest thing I could ever hope for! It makes me see and love this ‘crazy Jesus’ all the more!!

Are YOU crazy for the God who is crazy over YOU?

Thanks for the fun Frankie!