Gentle Rain
If Jesus were walking the earth today, would He carry a cell
phone?
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” 1Jn. 1:15
If Jesus came back today, right this minute; how would we
respond? Would we fall upon our knees and declare Him Lord or upon our defense,
would we babble a bunch of selfish excuses why we have placed the things of the
world before His gift of love? We are a society that looks for a scapegoat and
loves to find someone to blame for today’s problems. In fact, we applaud the
whole procedure and will blame anyone except ourselves. Most of us know right
from wrong, we just do not want to hear it. At times we seem to be more like children than
children. A life saturated in worldly pursuits becomes a life of misguided
influences. Paul was astonished that the
Galatians deserted the grace of Christ so quickly and turned to another gospel.
Then, he turned around and said, “that isn’t really a gospel, but a perversion.”
Amid all of the flat
screens, ipods, ipads, cell phones of latest androids or blackberrys,
computers, gps, kindles, smindles and gadgets that Jesus would see; He would
not be surprised, because He warned us about the things of the world. Today we can tap and zap into anything our worldly
heart desires with one simple click. Would someone be able to listen to Jesus
without checking their cell phone? Driving a car without the cell in their ear?
Our temptations today are filled with the availability, of a
storehouse of other gods. Picture if you will, free access to thousands of
warehouses of every evil imagination. The worldly fulfillment in your flesh is
only an illusion based on lies. Our techno life can either bless us or curse
us. We have seen it save lives and take lives. We can make it work for us, not
against us. Bottom line, when you choose
the ways of the world; you are destroying yourself. God's love gives life. It is your choice.
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