Mr. Steven Furtick (of Elevation Church) had a sermon quite awhile back in which he was sharing his perspective on the symbology of Christ’s spread hands (while being crucified) and how that relates to Jesus embracing us. It’s like the old cliche of “getting your arms around something” or the beginnings of a huge hug from someone that loves you dearly. As Steve (I’ve never met the man, but I feel I can call him by his first name) continued to speak, he also reminded the church about “looking up.” Looking up to see Christ on the cross, or looking up higher to “see” God in Heaven. Very much like when you were a young child and looked up to your dad – if you had one, or mom -if you had one of those, or to use the more unfortunate term used in public school now days – your caregiver.
So… you got the picture, right? There are people around you that are in need of love, and that can share that love. Just like Jesus has told us to do – love your neighbor. And if you’re not sure you’re getting right, you can always look up to Him and check-in.
So who is that in your hand? It’s your damn cell phone! Satan is alive and well in that small sexy piece of plastic, metal and other electronic wizardry. He always has us looking down, looking for answers to questions that we really need not care about. Go to a restaurant and I’ll guarantee you’ll see cell phones everywhere; couples ignoring each other during a time which was time honored as family time – the meal together. To not leave the kids out, let’s give them a phone too. I read part of a book (it got redundant after awhile) about how kids don’t know how to relate to each other because their social skills have been replaced with their social media skills.
For the longest time, I have had issues believing that the devil really exists, but not anymore; otherwise, how could people purposefully do such horrible stuff to one another?
My wife & I are in a “small group” called the Empty Nesters, one of the gents brought something up last week that is just so fitting. Remember Adam & Eve? Remember the first sin? The ‘good ole’ devil was there playing snake boy and talked Eve into a bite of the Apple. Now…just think, what do most of us hold in our hand that has the epitome of sin as its trademark?
So…we spend too, too much time looking down at the devil. Looking for love, sex, adultery (see Levi Lusko’s book titled “Swipe Right”), and God doesn’t really want to know what else. But he does know. Can you imagine? Knowing your “grown-up” kids are surfing porn, but you have to let them sort it out themselves, or depend on someone to help them.
And yes, I do own a damn cell phone – but it is an Android.
Keep looking up!
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