Entertain Me
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Recently, I've been thinking about my life. In particular, the area of my life dealing with entertainment. As I've been going through the Old Testament and reading about the kings and their servants I couldn't help but to think that I am falsely living like a king. I have subconsciously made my life about me. I obsess over the details of my life: what will I do tomorrow, what am I going to eat for breakfast, what classes am I taking next semester? I fail to obsess over the fact that a loving God has given me breath for today, that God has given me more than enough food to eat already, and that I have the privilege of learning about worship as my major.
I also feel as though I have a jester continuously performing for me to keep me entertained and distracted from my duties. I have television programming at the tip of my fingers where actors and actresses amuse me until I am bored with them. I have a vast music collection at my disposal as well, one that would probably be equal to what some people in other countries make in wages in nearly a decade. Instead, I hold up what I've got to the other kings and queens around me and decide that I am not that bad.
When did my life start crying "entertain me" instead of "may I become less so that You can become more"? Is it the media's fault for selling garbage that tells me that everything is about my personal convenience? Should I just go sell everything I have and give the profit to the poor and needy? How can I dare say that I am bored when I have books on the shelf, a guitar on its stand, and notebooks to write in?
I feel like I am being entertained by ridiculously frivolous things. I need to start living differently...
I also feel as though I have a jester continuously performing for me to keep me entertained and distracted from my duties. I have television programming at the tip of my fingers where actors and actresses amuse me until I am bored with them. I have a vast music collection at my disposal as well, one that would probably be equal to what some people in other countries make in wages in nearly a decade. Instead, I hold up what I've got to the other kings and queens around me and decide that I am not that bad.
When did my life start crying "entertain me" instead of "may I become less so that You can become more"? Is it the media's fault for selling garbage that tells me that everything is about my personal convenience? Should I just go sell everything I have and give the profit to the poor and needy? How can I dare say that I am bored when I have books on the shelf, a guitar on its stand, and notebooks to write in?
I feel like I am being entertained by ridiculously frivolous things. I need to start living differently...
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