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.
