Today in the American culture it is so easy to be entertained by so many things. In fact we sometimes define things by how entertained we are. If I go to a movie and I wasn't entertained in the ways I feel I should be, it's a bad movie. When people go on dates, they are good if they had a good time, or if they were entertained. Our experiences are more about how entertained we are, rather than the things being said. Rather than the people we are with. Rather than the love that can be shared.
People don't have a heart to serve like they used to because it doesn't entertain them, it entertains others. People have reduced love to an emotional thing because when they are entertained by something, they can feel the emotional love, they don't understand a love that takes work.
I could talk for days, but what I want to ask is how much of God are we missing because of this topic. People are so used to being entertained and stimulated in so many ways at once that when we come before God we are bored, or can't seem to connect. We are now more connected in this world than we ever have been before, but more disconnected to Jesus than before.
We've decided that HE'S BORING!
We've bought the lie that HE DOESN'T SATISFY!
It time we wake up beloved! We need to reread Revelation 4-5, God is magnificent! He a great God! He's glorious! There are these amazing living creatures tht surround him, so beautiful John has a hard time describing them. They are covered in eyes, and yet they can not take their eyes off of God! They shout:
"Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" Revelation 4:8
They are in God's presence always and this is all they do! They are fixated on this cry! "Well Bryan those are angels, he made them to do that!" It's crazier still! There are 24 thrones around his throne with men sitting on them. They are men with crowns and constantly they take their crowns off and throw them at his feet! They also shout:
"Worthy are you our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Revelation 4:11
They too thow at God everything that gives them power, their crowns, and they say God is worthy! See, we have lost our understanding of who he is! He's good, graceful, love, amazing, and full of mercy. But that doesn't give us liscence to tread on him because we are so easily entertained by other things! God is worthy! He's wonderful! Think about how and what he's done for you!
I'm learning that God's not boring. I'm just distracted by foolish things! I repeat:
GOD IS NOT BORING, WE ARE BORING!
God awaken us to your magnificence so that we can truly live as you call us to live, love as you call us to love, and be satisfied with you in these last days! I'm Jesus name, Amen.
Are you boring Beloved?
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