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“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.” – Luke 11:42
Based on your microscopic perspective of what’s really going on in this world, do you really think you know what’s going on? Who are your sources for information? CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, HBO, Yahoo, Google, Huffington Post, Instagram, Facebook, Tweets and neighborhood gossip? Come on. Do you really think that you are getting the real story about the world through these biased, agenda driven sources? You see what you want to see, you hear what you want to hear and you turn off the news that doesn’t align with your perspective in life. If we take off the blinders and really see what’s going on in this world, would we change our actions? We are driven by the instantaneous data we receive from the worldly sources we have chosen to listen too. Consider the motive behind their decision to share that information with you and others.
I am so tired of the media, the junk and the elevation of worldly idols. They want to set your agenda of thought and discussion for the next week. Gossip on the latest celebrity that has come out of the closet, worrying about ISIS, arguing over Political views, collusion, email scandals or the wall, what the Kardashians are up to, buying the latest diet craze or who got the highest score on Fortnight, Candy Crush, Township or Wordscapes. There are real problems in the world folks and we waste the majority of our waking hours worrying about what they want us to worry about, rather than what’s really going on.
When it all comes down to it we are brothers and sisters fighting the same fight. That fight is to survive one more day and accomplish something with the time we are given. From the rising of the sun to the midnight hour we are just trying to make this a better place. I sure hope you’re not waking up each day trying to destroy the world around you and those that live in it. No, I believe you are like me, and wish to make life a little better each day. The problem is, we are so focused on making our life a little better with little or no consideration as to making someone else’s life easier.
While you read this there are 100’s of girls under the age of 12 being raped, sexually abused and sold into the sex trade. While you read this there are 100’s of babies being aborted because two individuals were irresponsible and let their physical desires get the best of them one night. While you read this there are 100’s of young boys stealing and/or murdering in inner cities all over the world. While you read this there are 100’s of single mothers contemplating suicide because they feel all alone after being deserted by a dead beat dad. While you read this there are 1000’s of young men and women injecting, snorting, inhaling and swallowing some sort of drug that will kill off brain cells and alter their cognitive ability for life, and as of rhis writing, 39 states in the US have legalized it. While you read this there are 1000’s of college students all over the world being educated that there is no God and that we have all evolved from a primordial soup over billions of years. While you read this 100’s of Senior Citizens waking in nursing homes to spend another day completely alone in this world. While you read this there are 100’s of individuals are taking their last breath in hospital beds all over the world, having never heard about Jesus Christ’s love and salvation.
Reality is that there are horrific things going on in this world every minute of every day. While we go about our normal routine shopping for the latest gadget for our kids, or decorating our home to stand out above all of neighbors; there are millions around the world suffering just to find food and survive. We don’t hear about that on our televisions, Facebook, Twitter or in the coffee shops because that would be a buzz kill, depressing and most of us truly don’t want to get involved. We tune it out because it’s depressing, it’s sad, it’s remote to our lives and therefore it’s someone else’s problem. This is a very self-centered excuse and represents the single biggest problem we have in this world.
God sent His Son to be born, humble, live selfless and to die on a cross for your salvation. Why? Why does God want to save you? Is it for you to enjoy your life even more, or for you to help make a difference in others’ lives, so that in turn they may find salvation? I believe it is the later, yet most of us live as though it is the former. Many of us believe, “Once I have been saved, I can go back to living my life with the peace of knowing that I am destined for heaven” and we feel very sorry for those who haven’t likewise found salvation, but we leave it to them to figure it out on their own. The realization that if someone dies, not knowing about Christ’s salvation, that their eternity is in Hell, should cause all of us to act, to do something to help them. But, often times what I hear is “yea, it’s really sad, but hey it was their choice to make.” I believe we have a responsibility to those we claim to love, befriend and care for to let them know about God’s love, mercy and grace. Can we alone solve world hunger, stop prostitution, stop the sex trade, drug trafficking, abuse, murder, theft and so on and so on? No, not by ourselves. But, we have the ability to share God’s love with those we know, those we meet and those we have communications with to ensure that through His love and peace this world is made a better place for all.
Christmas should be a time to stop being the hypocrite and begin being the selfless, humble servant minded Christian that you have been called to be. The decision sits on your shoulders, but I would hate to have Christ point the finger at me and say, “Woe to you Hypocrite….”
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