"Hooked" on Jesus

~~~ Acts of the Apostles 16:1-10 ~~~ Psalm 100 ~~~ John 15:18-21 ~~~

If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own...

The world wants us to be exclusive to its whims and temptations.
Just consider every commercial on network television
 that captures your attention.
Now days we don't even leave our chair
during a commercial because they are making
 them more and more entertaining.
Some commercials are almost considered a necessity.

How else would we find out about the numerous negative side effects
 of our medications? I am half kidding,
but it is so close to the truth.
We get hooked into commercials because
they are designed in such a manner
that we begin to identify with the actors.
These are actors they are not real.
Speaking of actors; we have so many different
'reality' shows that I have lost count...
just more examples of how the world lures us unto itself.

Jesus has such a different method to 'lure' us to himself.
He does not try to make us his slave.
He does not trick us with actors.
He does not attract us to himself through the things of the world.

Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’

A slave hardly has the freedom to think their own thoughts.
A slave eventually becomes immune to hope.
A slave surrenders to the darkness...this is what the world has to offer.

We were not chosen by God to be a slave.
We were chosen by God to be his friend...to know him and to love him.
God had called us to proclaim the Good News...

I want to get 'hooked' on Jesus because of his great love and mercy.
The world offers nothing in comparison.
The world offers no mercy, just criticism and judgment.

We are Blessed because we know the one true God.
~~~Peace~~~