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Chatting with Jesus

Friday, February 2, 2024

Lord, I’m fed up. Surely, I’m not alone. I can’t turn on the TV or internet without seeing the smiling faces of a super-star pop singer and her all-pro football player boyfriend. They’re everywhere. It is enough to make Cupid say, “Enough!” Rumors circulate they may play a Super Bowl between TV shots of this pop culture phenom.

Some can’t wait to hear the latest gossip about this famous couple. It’s not surprising how many impressionable young people fantasize of being them? By the way, Lord, didn’t people act the same when Elvis came on the scene. Then came Madonna and the guys, well …. What a letdown that despite numerous physical changes, facelifts, body parts enlargements, etc., all famous people grow old and wrinkled too. For a while, they’re in the headlines, but when the public loses interest, they are thrown into the dustbin of has-beens, joining the likes of Tiny Tim and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

The psalmist tolerated the “elites” pride, who thought themselves superior to others. He probably gleaned wisdom for his Book of Proverbs from those who presented a façade, boasting of great accomplishments but revealed themselves as shallow souls devoid of integrity. Lord, the world sure chooses some funny heroes they put on a pedestal.

Who do you consider true heroes, Lord? The rich and famous? Hardly. You look at a person’s heart, not their outward appearance (1 Samuel 16:7). The psalmist described who you pick as heroes.

“The godly people in the land are my true heroes. I take pleasure in them!” (Psalm 16:3 NLT).

Numerous well-known people are godly and glorify God in their words and actions. They have learned to be humble and acknowledge they are nothing without you, Lord. But most godly people are unknown, quietly living their faith, sharing your love and message of grace. They may not be known here, but they are well-known in Heaven.

Oh, Lord, that I may be among the godly with whom you take pleasure. Amen, Jesus.