"Weird"
This humorous little comment was sent to me by a friend: "In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal."
I must admit that it made me chuckle at the "weirdness" of the world. But, then I began to ponder why things like LSD (acid) and Prozac are even in the world. It gave me a cold shiver.
We're born with a need for belonging; we say we're trying to "find ourselves." Sometimes, because we look in all the wrong places, we get so frustrated that we turn to "artificial" sources of "enlightenment."
We take drugs to forget; drugs to remember; drugs to get high, and we take drugs to bring us down. We seem to think that with enough "chemical augmentation" we can fill that empty hole in our hearts.
Sometimes our "drug" of choice is work. Sometimes it's sex, alcohol, or money. We put all kinds of "gods" at the top of our lives in a vain effort to find meaning and substance to our existence.
If only we would humble ourselves and listen to the voice of God that lives within the heart of each of us. We are made in His image; we "know" Him in our souls; but, we resist because of arrogance and pride.
"God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you... Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." (James 4:6-10)
Solomon, the richest and wisest man to ever live came to the right conclusion over 2,250 years ago when we wrote: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
We don't need to "get weird," we only need to "get God."
Your servant,
Pastor Ron
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 2:5
ron@gospelines.com
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