"Take heed what you hear!"
To what or who are you listening?
Are your ears turned or tuned towards God? Is His voice your desire or do you drown it out continually?
We are a society that has to have noise and that is of the enemy, because he knows it's in the still, quiet voice God speaks to His people.
The first thing we do when we awake is turn on the TV. The last thing we do is turn it off, or maybe even sleep with it on! People who live alone, the lonely especially; the enemy has convinced it's okay to play the TV just for "company." I hear people say all day, "I'm not watching I just play it for the noise!"
The stuff you see or hear on TV sows seeds contrary to The Word of God! It's content is one of evil. It promotes fear, anger and lust, discontent and hopelessness. It's like watching a train wreck, continually! We hope for happy endings and pray for fictitious characters! We even gossip about the "people" on programs we "wouldn't miss"! We suspend reality for the absurd! The actors are our idols and we put them before the One true God, by evidence of time spent in indulgence!
Even the programs deemed "Christian" are often water down to the point they no longer resemble Truth! Compromise of the Gospel as much evident there as in churches across our land. These are bad seeds sown among and meant to choke out the good seed.
Seed has to die to produce life. Rotten seed is not dead seed.
I can't remember who said:
"If the grain rots it becomes a perversion and you fall into error!"
"Take heed what you hear!"
"With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given."
If all you sow is violence, then that is the crop you will have! You will have fear, anger, distrust, depression for those are the demons that perpetrate violence! Our families and our countries' statistics support this fact!
The only love, joy, peace, and contentment to be had are found in The Word of God! The more you spend in seeking Him, in His Word, the more good you will experience in your life! For only God is good!
If you go to a church and are fortunate enough to hear The Word, yet go home and turn on the TV, then that Word will be uprooted and not allowed to grow!
Our families, our very country is addicted to entertainment! We were sold a lie (and we bought it, hook, line and sinker) that we "deserve" to be happy and "entertainment" is the prescription for everything that ails us!
Happiness is an empty illusion that is short lived at best! The only lasting joy, to be had in this life, is obtained through obeying God's Commandments and a relationship with Him!
The only thing we deserve is hell!
Turn off the TV! Change your habits! Spend time with your family! Spend time with God! Change your life!
Wake up!!! Your life is not about here and now and not many of us get a second chance! It's all about eternity and eternity is a very long time! Repent while there is still time, for time is running out!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 9/8/14, 3/11/16
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