I passed a Sonic the other day. I’ve passed Sonics lots of times. Sometimes I even stop and eat at them.
This one was different, though. It was attached to a gas station. And there were no drive-ins. No car hops. You had to park & go inside, or use the drive thru. My knee jerk reaction was, “That’s crazy! You can’t be a Sonic without a drive-in!!”
But then it hit me. Is Sonic’s purpose to be a drive-in or to sell hamburgers and onion rings? Obviously, it’s the latter. And drive-in service is only one method of achieving that purpose. The geniuses behind this particular location were able to adapt their methods to their circumstances without compromising their purpose.
What a lesson for those of us in church ministry. Don’t exalt the program over the purpose. The method over the message. The style over the substance.
Strong love, strange peace.
Strong Love, Strange Peace 