One thing that amazes me about the Holy Spirit is how we are shown truths about God through the most unlikely of sources. I had one of these occurrences Monday night as I watched Elton John being interviewed by Jay Leno. During the course of their repartee, Leno asked Elton John about the current trend of downloading individual songs off the internet. Elton John talked about how he preferred to go buy an artists' CD so that he can listen to it from beginning to end and the whole story of what the artist was trying to say throughout the entire body of work.
This struck a chord with me for several reasons. One, I'm one of those who goes and downloads songs individually based upon my tastes and preferences. Two, he gave me something to think about next time I buy music. Three, to put his comment into Christian circles, he's dead on with respect to the faith.
What do I mean by that? How often do we just look at a portion of scripture to prove a point rather the the whole narrative of Scripture to see what it is that God is trying to say to us? How often do we look for a particular aspect of worship without looking at the whole - that is, we get hung up on how a certain part of it is done or what is done in what order, rather than hearing what it is God is trying to say to us throughout the whole service?
Finally, why did I say that this came from an unlikely source? Because I was watching Leno for relaxation and entertainment, not at all looking for a divine revelation in the midst of trivial late-night talk show interviews. Through this I was reminded once again that God is constantly revealing the Divine to us, and we must be ready for it wherever and whenever it happens.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
This struck a chord with me for several reasons. One, I'm one of those who goes and downloads songs individually based upon my tastes and preferences. Two, he gave me something to think about next time I buy music. Three, to put his comment into Christian circles, he's dead on with respect to the faith.
What do I mean by that? How often do we just look at a portion of scripture to prove a point rather the the whole narrative of Scripture to see what it is that God is trying to say to us? How often do we look for a particular aspect of worship without looking at the whole - that is, we get hung up on how a certain part of it is done or what is done in what order, rather than hearing what it is God is trying to say to us throughout the whole service?
Finally, why did I say that this came from an unlikely source? Because I was watching Leno for relaxation and entertainment, not at all looking for a divine revelation in the midst of trivial late-night talk show interviews. Through this I was reminded once again that God is constantly revealing the Divine to us, and we must be ready for it wherever and whenever it happens.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
