Dan Cathy who is the President of Chick-Fil-A went on a news show and during the interview made some comments that has sparked protests, debates, etc. throughout the country about marriage.
“I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, ‘We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'” Cathy said. “I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about.”
It seems to be rare these days for someone to come out and state their thoughts on a matter of such importance, especially when they are high up the food chain and obviously in this case being the President of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy is up there. I think he makes an excellent point in regards to marriage and even in many other aspects which I feel will get missed within the news and various conversations about the topic. Every day, we shake our fist at God and say “our way is better” or “we know more than you.” This comes to how we love God, how we love others, how we spend time in community, our view points on political and controversial topics, and more.
I love Cathy for stating how he is praying for our nation and I agree, we all need prayer. We all need prayer for our prideful attitudes and the audacity we have for defining what marriage is, let alone what life is supposed to be about. Don’t get me wrong here, I am the biggest sinner I know for a fact. And being the biggest sinner I know, I am also aware of how much prayer I need and how I constantly have to make sure I am not shaking my fist at God telling Him what is better.
This is a great opportunity for believers to step up and encourage one another to be bold and courageous about the things God is about. In this case, marriage being between one man and one woman with the purpose for glorifying God by representing Christ and the church. Whether it is Chick-Fil-A or another company, we should be encouraged that at least someone is talking about it and holds God in a place of reverence that we rarely see today.
“We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that … We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that.” “We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”
Cathy makes another great point and that is he strives to live life by the biblical definition whether that comes to marriage or the family. What a great encouragement for us as believers to see what the Bible has to say about how we live life and strive to do that to the best of our ability because we know on our own strength, we will fail. We need God, we need Jesus, we need the Holy Spirit to lead us each and every day. Praise God we do get to live in a country currently where we can share biblical principles with others whether or not they are popular.
I’m not necessarily going to ask you to go get food from Chick-Fil-A, you can if you want in support, rather my prayer is that we as the church would be encouraged and would be in full support of other believers who come out and state the truth that is in the Bible. That we would be bold ourselves in conversations with others as these topics get brought up and help explain what the Bible has to say about marriage. Most of all, that we would do this out of love (1 John 4:19 – We love because He first loved us) and a joyful attitude from what Christ has done for us and seek to glorify God in everything we do.
Whenever I hear and, or read about select individuals or groups attempting to redefine the God Instituted and God & Bible Defined interpretation of Marriage, it infuriates me. There is absolutely no way whatsoever I will endorse any restructuring aka redefining aka falsifying DOMA and better yet, the only true, Bible Backed, God ordained institution of marriage. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs, God gave to every single man, woman, and child, {free will to choose} BUT God DID NOT give them the right to dictate to everyone on earth from individuals to Government, to Courts, what now defines the… Read more »
A good thing to remember Jeffrey in all of this is to pray. To pray for more people to come into a relationship with Christ be trusting in Him for what He has done for them and to pray for believers to remember what Jesus has done for them….and out of that overflow for what has been done for them…to love and serve others the best way possible. The Bible continues to prove itself true day after day, even after our world gets more sinful and corrupt, but Christians can choose to respond in a God glorifying way that I… Read more »
I agree with you brother Mike, I have been dealing with that issue of the government declaring sin to be okay for awhile now, moreso with it showing up more and more including in court rooms against fellow believers such as the couple in New Mexico who have a wedding photography business and refused to do a female marrying another female wedding and now have been ordered to pay them $7,000 and were told by the judge that their decision to obey the Bible is the price for freedom in the country. I pray daily, more than once a day… Read more »
Exactly.
Thanks Nicholas!
Very measured and appropriate post.
I have not frequented the Chick-fil-A in my town as is not nearby. But, I have always appreciated the high level of courteous service there from a staff that, to my understanding, are mostly Christian young people. I intentionally stopped in today; the place was packed at 2:30 pm despite the heavy road construction in front of the place.
My “protest” visit reminded me that I prefer conducting business with faithful Christians and should seek out those experiences on a regular basis.
Thanks for the comment Tim, appreciate it!
I for one am proud of and support Mr. Cathy. I find it amusing when side A can point to side B and say “I believe this to be right, and that to be wrong,” and it is ok. But when it turns around to side B saying to side A, “well I believe this to be right and that to be wrong,” well they are judgmental, unloving and hypocritical.
Regardless of what side is saying what, Mr. Cathy is saying he is behind God’s side. I for one will choose to stand behind God as well.