Light at the End of the Tunnel by Ericka Clay - HTML preview
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No Thanks, I'm Not Hungry
My TV keeps feeding me demons.
Like last night, there we were, minding our own business and watching Tiny House Hunters, wondering how a family of six can defy the laws of physics and squeeze into a two-hundred-square-foot box on wheels when the Discovery app decides to offer us a demonic commercial involving an old woman who is “possessed” by the “Holy Spirit,” a slew of none-the-wiser victims, and Brandy, the former R&B popstar who has obviously taken her life in a very different direction (fellow 90’s kids: remember her “feud” with Monica? Cue “That Boy is Mine.” ...also, whatever happened to Monica???).
But I digress.
It’s odd the ideas Hollywood has about Jesus. It’s odd the way they throw out His name constantly as a curse word. It’s odd that they have no real understanding of who He is, and instead of bending a knee, they mock Him without a care in the world.
Or is it?
“Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.”
It’s easy to be blindsided by the visceral hate and disregard that people have not only for our faith but also for Christ the King Himself. But to be honest, we shouldn’t be. Scripture warns us of people like these (remember the pigs we aren’t to throw our pearls to?).
Frankly, it never surprises me, considering I used to be one of them.
Oink, oink.
When Jesus doesn’t take the rightful place in your heart, you must put Him somewhere because He is Lord and Creator of the universe. And that, my friends, just can’t be ignored.
So, when you’re uncomfortable recognizing that you’re merely an incredibly small mound of flesh that could be eviscerated in the blink of an eye and have absolutely no control over that fact, it’s easy to place blame and mock what you fully and completely do not understand.
“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.”
Scoffers are spiritually blind, choosing this course for themselves because they refuse to put their faith in Jesus.
So, what is the cure for spiritual blindness? Complete faith that Jesus is who He says He is–the Son of God.
“As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.”
Look, not everyone is going to get on board. Many will continue to hate us because they hated Jesus first. And in the event that someone won’t hear you out about God’s unyielding love for them, then brush the dust off your feet, friend, and move on.
Because eventually, every knee will bow, whether willingly or not. And it’s not our job to change Hollywood’s mind or anyone else’s, for that matter.
It’s our job to remind people that God originally created a stunningly beautiful world for us to grow and flourish in Him, and through the sin of our own hands, we ruined and are still ruining that perfect world.
But when we give our hearts, our minds, our everything over to Jesus, we receive God’s ultimate gift of love and forgiveness and will forever be called His.
And I’m not sure about you, but I think that trumps any weird old movie, even if it stars Moesha herself.
All right, time to figure out how seventeen children are going to squeeze themselves into a questionably constructed overhead loft.
This one’s a doozy.
If you want to learn more about my personal encounter with demons, click here.