What if we were to follow Jesus like we do Rob Bell? I mean it. No this isn’t a rant against Rob or his book. I don’t know the man and I haven’t read a single page from his latest release.
What I do see though, is a culture that is so keen on following people. We are obsessed with music icons, movie stars and “reality tv” contestants and we just keep getting more information about them from traditional and social media. We can quote lines from our favorite movies and sing lyrics from songs we haven’t heard for 20 years.
What if we followed Jesus with that same passion?
What if, instead of saying “I can’t memorize scripture” we gave it the same attention we do the latest radio hit. Or, if we quoted scripture instead of lines from Dumb and Dumber. How would the world be radically changed if the “stuff” we talked about was not Charlie Sheen’s latest episode, but instead we shared our faith or just listened to the hurts of others.
If we truly love Jesus and desire to follow him then why aren’t we doing these things? Why is Rob Bell (and many others) on the top 100 people in Time Magazine? Shouldn’t Christ be listed instead?
If we, as Christians, were truly living out our faith and our calling, then he would be.
1 comment:
amen! totally agree. I think in a similar vein it is sad how often we say we don't have time to spend with God but yet we have time to watch TV or waste hours on the internet. Mass media is definitely a hinderance to walking with God and celebrities of mass media even more so.
I read this article about it just recently which has had me thinking about it and your post reminded me of the very same truth.
I pray some day we will be able to follow Jesus with the same passion and devote the same time to him. He is the only one worthy of it
Thanks for the convicting reminder
Amanda!
here is the article if you are interested -
http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0002354.cfm
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