His Perfect Will
I love a good tv show or movie. Of course, my favorites are anything based in the past…1800’s to 1940’s. That era always grabs my interest and keeps me reminded of how tough a person had to be to exist in this world. Pennye Jacobs Lewis gets “that look” on her face whenever i wanna “rewatch” episodes of Little House, the Waltons, or Andy Griffith. I guess I’m just one o’ them “old souls” in a younger man’s time. I love me some good outdoor mountainous scenery ! I imagine being there…roughing it and enjoying the simple life, without all the bells and whistles…not t’ mention all the traffic…and the hectic rat-race we’ve created for ourselves. One thing i can’t stand, though, is the way these tv and movie producers allow…even script, the actors and actresses to use unbridled, foul and disgusting “language” in their lines. It turns my stomach to hear somebody using our Lord’s name in vain or using “the f word”! It ruins everything else that’s good about a movie or tv show, in my book. Seems to me, these producers would stop listening to bad advice and film those same shows without all the cussing. Maybe then, their ratings would sore, they’d make the money they’d need and folks would be “re-watching” their reruns for years afterward…like Bonanza, Tales of Wells Fargo, Gunsmoke…and yeah, the Waltons, Little House and Andy Griffith. Nobody needs to be hearing and seeing the sinfulness of man to know it exists ! ( And I’ll let Romans 12:1-2 speak for itself…) Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God— this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — His good, pleasing and perfect will. As long as people keep watching, they’ll keep makin ungodly shows. Airtime and ratings are what keeps em coming…and one day, they’ll ( we’ll ) answer for what was endorsed. A “renewed mind” can only be found when a body gets tired of seeing and hearing things that go against God’s nature and character. A “renewed mind” comes only after a body has surrendered to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. A “renewed mind” knows what pleases the Lord and what doesn’t … and their greatest acts of worship is to live a life of integrity and display the righteousness they’ve found “in Christ”. Have you “found” Him yet ?