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Can’t get no satisfaction

19 January 2010 One Comment

The Golden Globes just passed me by again. I don’t care who won. I don’t care what they were wearing. I think this whole awards deal is just an enormous practice in hedonism. Actors are being paid a ton of money to play make believe. That’s not enough. They have to pretend like the movies they are making have some social significance. That’s still not enough. They need to be thought of as politically relevant. That’s doesn’t bring fulfillment. What’s it going to take to bring joy to the very needy Hollywood set?

I know, let’s get them all together, dress them up in a zillion dollars worth of fancy clothes and let them tell each other how wonderful and significant they are while the rest of us watch. Surely, that will leave them feeling validated and worthwhile.

John 12:43 - For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

I’ll just cut to the chase. You will NEVER be satisfied unless you are pursuing Christ. If you are chasing fame, there is alway someone out in front of you raising the bar. If you are chasing money or a lifestyle, there is alway someone out in front raising the bar. Things of this world are always moving targets. You think just a little more will get you there, but you never arrive. Jesus is the only rock solid, never changing goal worth pursuing. Satisfaction comes in Him alone.

One Comment »

  • Dannielle Zarn said:

    I love that Christ is a rock – he is not a moving target, but a solid foundation. The praise of men is an earthly treasure – perhaps not destroyed by rust or moth literally but by rusty minds and death. But nothing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord – not even death! How much better it is to seek His praises.

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