September 10, 2008

• The World is Going to Hell…

  Last Saturday I went to the Seoul IMAX theater to watch Dark Knight and before the movie there were a few commercials.  During one of the commercials two cartoon potato chips were acting in various movie genres (mystery, comedy, action…) and then the genre “erotic” came up and the two chips literally jumped on a bed and went at each other.  The clip was only a couple seconds, but it shocked and disturbed me.  Then after the movie I walked outside to a pavilion and saw a bunch of giant whiskey bottle mascots dancing goofily on a stage.  Parents with their kids were gathered and laughing and taking pictures of them.  The mascots were funny, but giant whiskey bottle mascots advertising their whiskey?  In the mid-afternoon and for children?  Then I come home and some of my boys are watching some Japanese cartoon show about these wizard masters who use sorcery to summon these “demon doll children” who fight each other.  And not only do they fight, there is also blood and death.  And this cartoon isn’t the only of its kind, there are many other similar ones.

  I know this stuff isn’t going to get any better.  I’m not depressed, its just reality.  In one of Youth Pastor Joel Stockstill’s recent messages he shared how the “pizza night” evangelism doesn’t cut it anymore.  The world has gotten too dark.  We need the power of God now.  We have to really start seeking and obeying.  Now we don’t just need a Bible in our house, we need it written in our hearts.  Now we don’t just need to pray at church, we need to pray continually.  We don’t need to just confess that we are sinners quietly to God, we need to confess our sins openly to one another and receive healing (James 5:16).  Thankfully this battle isn’t won by our own flesh.  Its won by the Holy Spirit working through us.  When we seek Him in prayer, His Word, and fellowship, He not only gives us strength but He gives us victory, joy, and freedom.  He satisfies us in ways this world never could.  God promises that amidst the darkness He will make His church all the more brighter, and I’m excited about it.  It might be tough, but I know its worth it!  Take the world but give me Jesus! 

  Psalm 119:32 – I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.

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