Not What I Really Want
A lot of Christians talk about how there's so much garbage on TV so we SHOULDN'T watch it and should discipline ourselves not to fill our minds with trash. True--kinda.
The opposite is also true, Christians have perfect liberty to do anything they want--but I think most Christians have been fooled into what that really is. Deep down inside, we "really want" the Lord, and nothing else can really satisfy, but we're fed all sorts of lies as to how sin is really more enjoyable thus must be denied if we're to be moral, how we MUST walk uprightly altho' it may not be as much fun...and WE BELIEVE THIS STUFF! My Mother used to say that deep down inside every Christian was the desire for God, not the desire to sin; I didn't really know what she meant then; now I think I do. When the Bible talks about Christian LIBERTY, it's not even giving thought to "free to sin" ("I don't have to obey the law anymore")--altho' it's true--but I think it's saying we are "free to REALLY enjoy now and don't have to sin" ("I GET TO ENJOY A LOVE-RELATIONSHIP with HIM!")
Sure, I'm "free" to feel frustration, anger, depression at seeing evil win most of the time as happens most of the time in Dallas and 50 mins of other suspense-type programs often resolved in the last 10 mins of the program; sure, I'm "free" to feel the sadness of hearing vain aspirations of the unregenerate--wanting to be rich, wanting to be talented, wanting to be popular, etc...; sure, I'm "free" to sense the deceit of lives claiming courage, integrity, selflessness, large-heartedness, goodness, purity, APART FROM GOD (this happens in MOST "good" programs portraying "Christian" characteristics)... And, in the process, I'm "free" to feel irritation at interruptive clamoring for my attention from family ("Mommy! Look!" Not again...), house (I HAVE to clean now? Wait until this scene is over), responsibilities (I can do that LATER; this is more interesting). But do I really WANT frustration, temporal values, self-righteousness, things that make reality look interruptive?
Nah. Not really.
The opposite is also true, Christians have perfect liberty to do anything they want--but I think most Christians have been fooled into what that really is. Deep down inside, we "really want" the Lord, and nothing else can really satisfy, but we're fed all sorts of lies as to how sin is really more enjoyable thus must be denied if we're to be moral, how we MUST walk uprightly altho' it may not be as much fun...and WE BELIEVE THIS STUFF! My Mother used to say that deep down inside every Christian was the desire for God, not the desire to sin; I didn't really know what she meant then; now I think I do. When the Bible talks about Christian LIBERTY, it's not even giving thought to "free to sin" ("I don't have to obey the law anymore")--altho' it's true--but I think it's saying we are "free to REALLY enjoy now and don't have to sin" ("I GET TO ENJOY A LOVE-RELATIONSHIP with HIM!")
Sure, I'm "free" to feel frustration, anger, depression at seeing evil win most of the time as happens most of the time in Dallas and 50 mins of other suspense-type programs often resolved in the last 10 mins of the program; sure, I'm "free" to feel the sadness of hearing vain aspirations of the unregenerate--wanting to be rich, wanting to be talented, wanting to be popular, etc...; sure, I'm "free" to sense the deceit of lives claiming courage, integrity, selflessness, large-heartedness, goodness, purity, APART FROM GOD (this happens in MOST "good" programs portraying "Christian" characteristics)... And, in the process, I'm "free" to feel irritation at interruptive clamoring for my attention from family ("Mommy! Look!" Not again...), house (I HAVE to clean now? Wait until this scene is over), responsibilities (I can do that LATER; this is more interesting). But do I really WANT frustration, temporal values, self-righteousness, things that make reality look interruptive?
Nah. Not really.
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posted by Life in Koriyama @ 11:06 AM
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