Recently, I saw a post on the web. It was some celebrity telling me what she thought about some subject. I looked around and it turns out that every day thousands of celebrities and others are telling me what they think.
And I had to ask:”Who cares about what Kim Kardashian…….or Alec Baldwin…….or any other celebrity thinks……..about anything?”
And here is the sad truth. People do care. People do listen to the celebrity. People do listen to all of the “talking heads” on our TV’s and on our devices. It costs a lot of money to put Kim Kardashian…….or Alec Baldwin……..or Sean Hannity……..or Jim Acosta on our TV for 10 minutes. Sponsors must believe that this is effective or they wouldn’t waste their money. And we are heading into election season……….it is going to get a whole lot worse.
Why do we listen………why do we consume this babble?
I think that the reason is that we want leaders. We want to follow someone. When my GPS says turn left in 1 mile…….I don’t have to think. When Hannity says we need a wall………and Acosta says we don’t……..following along just saves a lot of time and trouble.
Independent thought is a good thing, but we want…..we demand leaders. Don’t kid yourself, you and I both are following a leader right now.
And there is the rub.
The success of your life, my life, and our society hinges on the quality of the leader that we follow……..on the quality of the leader that we choose.
Many of the failures in our lives and in our culture can be traced back to bad leadership. But, before you blame it all on Biden, or Trump, remember that you are the one who chose your leader.
So………who do you choose to follow? When the tough choice comes up and you have 20 or 30 people on your TV telling you what they think you should do, who do you follow?
I propose that Biden, Trump, Kardashian, Baldwin, Hannity and Acosta are poor choices.
The best choice is your creator…….God……..and his written word…….the Bible.
Can you honestly say that any of the “talking heads” has a better plan than God’s plan?
Love………love God and love your fellow man.
So, when it comes time to choose……..when it comes time to get in line behind a leader, be sure that your leader is going somewhere good……….because wherever he is going………is where you are going.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me
Jesus, ESV
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Jesus, ESV
The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.
Jesus,ESV