It blows my mind...but yet is does not surprise me that we can quote the lines in a movie that one of our favorite actors or actress have said, we can memorize a song that our favorite rapper or singer has written, we can take the advice that a talk show host give us and treat it as if it were golden, we can religiously listen to our favorite radio personality (secular or Christan) and take there words and apply them to our life.
But where's the word of GOD...where is JESUS in all of this?
I mean don't get me wrong, please don't!!!! (I can see all the "hate e-mails" now being sent to me..LOL) I love my fellow actors and actresses, singers and rappers and who doesn't like listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show..... So this blog is in no way to bash the Will Smith's and the Beyonce's, the Yolanda Adam's and the Steve Harvey's, Tyra Banks, Dr. Phil's and Oprea's of the world. I have nothing against them or what they stand for (actually, I take that back...buts that another blog) my problem lies with us "The People".....more so "Children of God", we hold this individuals up on a pedestal some higher then GOD and others maybe not as high as GOD but almost. And as I said earlier, we can quote the line, sing the songs, take the advice and e-mail them and text message them to everybody in the world. Why can't we give GOD that same attention, why can't we be just as much as a walking billboard for Christ as we are for "Man" (meaning both man and woman). We have conformed to the world so much whereas if there were no commercials, newspapers, etc. ; businesses, music artist, movies, TV shows would get the same ratings and acknowledgement because we have become there advertisement in so many ways.
Now lets flip the script, If there were no churches....would Christ get the same ratings, attention, acknowledgement, reverence etc.? I would say "no" sadly, because there aren't enough of us that know the word enough to spread it...there aren't enough of us that are willing to be the voice of Christ in the streets, at work, at school, in the malls, etc. We can repeat the advice that Steve Harvey gives during the Strawberry letter...but we can't quote "Psalms 100" of Lead someone to Christ for ourselves, we can listen to Yolanda Adams for the "Points of Power" but couldn't find it ourselves if she didn't tell us.
I'm just saying....we spend a lot of time investing in things that doesn't necessarily do us harm but doesn't do our mind or our life any good. "Real investment always have a good return" What your investing in right now in your life, is the return on it worth the time you spent investing? Everything you watch, everything you listen too, everywhere you go, everything you give your attention to in life is an investment and eventually you will reap all that you have invested. Now what you get back in return depends on what was invested. (Simple Reaping and Sowing Principle)
I can really go deep with this, but I'm at work and I have to be a good steward over my job so I hope you enjoyed and I will see you on my next blog!!
Till next time................
2 comments:
I can only speak for myself when I say that it's a flesh thing. We can see these people with our eyes, hear them with our ears, and they are "real to us" because God is not seen or rarely heard (or maybe we are too fleshly to hear Him) whatever the case maybe we as a people hold secular/Holy persons higher than God and some of us don't even realize it. Is it wrong? Yes! God told us that He should come first and for us to serve Him only. Yes it is true that we should love one another, give honor where honor is due, and to also respect and honor the men and woman of God, but not as you said, put them on a pedestal. Honestly it isn't the fault of these famous personalities, but it is the fault of the people who glorify them. God and man (meaning the species MAN or Male and Female) are so far apart from each other it is sad. That is why the Children of God don't posses the power that we should have. If the Christians of old were able to cast out demons, heal people for real, prophesy for real (and not that fake stuff, and operate in the Gifts of the Spirit for real than why can't we. The biggest part of it is that our spirit is dying or in other words; tv, food, internet, movies, and the enemy has us so occupied that we don't spend hours upon days within the world, in prayer, in fellowship, in fasting, and while we have religion down pack; the Spirit is looking for us to operate in the truth. I could be over thinking it, but I know for me this is how it is. God knows I want to change, but I'm too consumed and enjoying the lie. GREAT POST MINISTER DANNY
Thanks dude for leaving a comment on I wish change was like a haircut. You are so right Danny, I do need to continue to stay humble and also find things that need to be cut and trimmed in my spiritual life. Like I said to Angel on her new post, my spiritual life has come to a halt, but I'm hoping in the new year I will begin to truly put God first. Thanks for the encouragement.
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