Universal Life Church

By Scott Phillips

Pizza Delivery in a Volvo

I was driving into my neighborhood when I saw something that caused me to do a double take and giggle and go hmmm at the same time. I saw a car coming out of our neighborhood sporting a lighted sign declaring Papa Johns was the pizza of choice. It was not this alone, for we see many pizza deliveries, however it was the car sporting this sign. It was a pretty new white Volvo. I would say no more than two years old and a higher end model, a very nice car.

There are many conclusions you can draw.

Parents are letting their kid borrow the car for a part time job.

Parent has been laid off and delivering pizza to pay the car note.

Kid is off to college and dad has cut the purse strings, but he gets to keep the car.

The owners help all called in sick, so he had to deliver pizza himself.

There are a myriad of possibilities to consider. The thing that struck me is the fact there are so many conclusions to draw, that it would be unfair to jump to a conclusion and I may be off base for chuckling.

This little experience I pondered over for the next few minutes while I made the turns on the golden pathway that leads me home. Of course I did not think of it after I walked into the door, until now.

You cannot judge a book by it's cover. You cannot judge men by their demeanor or seeming success. You cannot value the life of a man by the car he drives or job he works at some given point.

A few possible lessons from this Volvo delivering pizzas.

A man without a car can have a higher sense of satisfaction than the man that has a car he cannot afford.

or

You better appreciate your parents, or you might have to deliver pizzas. As a side note, I delivered pizzas and enjoyed eating the pizza.

or

Parents might instill a little bit of appreciation in their children by letting them get a good honest job.

Or

And finally,

If you can't find the job you want, at least do something in the interim. It is not a matter of settling, but a little here and there can often be more than a bunch at one time. We Americans are a prideful bunch. You are more likely to find opportunity out in the world than waiting for someone to knock on your door.

Don't get me wrong, I don't won't to go back, but there is something to be said for the character and virtue that is borne out in the souls of those that experience very hard and hungry times.

Comparing these with the characters that prosperity is producing is not always an encouraging exercise.

In our service for the Kingdom, let us use whatever means we have been given to do what God would have us do. If it be an alabaster box, a little spit and dirt, a few loaves and fish, whatever you have use it and see what God can do. It might be a in a White Volvo and it might be delivering pizzas.

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