Hollywood
I think it is quite humorous how our society is obsessed with celebrities. It absolutely makes me laugh overtime I think about it. It is everywhere we go… from the checkout lanes in the supermarket to the numerous television adds and even now on the Disney channel. We have become a people who love to imagine and live our lives through people on the television. Why do we do this? Why do we elevate people to such high status?
I wish that I could say that I am not affected by this high celebrity status, but I am probably the worst of them all. Just last night one of my good friends took me to a pre-grammy show that featured artist like John Mayer, BB King, Christina Agulerra, Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey, and others. I absolutely loved it!! Every time the word Jonas Brothers even was shown on the screen or they were actually walking around, every teenage girl started screaming or crying!!I love seeing them up close and being apart of the Hollywood scene. I was so caught up in all of it that I even went to bed and dreamed that I was in church and the Beckham’s came and sat next to me and we chatted like good old friends! RIDICULOUS I know! We love putting people who have no spiritual authority at all on pedestals just to watch them fall after divorce, drug addictions, or whatever else they can get their lives involved in. I just dont understand?!
In the Book of Exodus, God gives Moses the 10 commandments. These were not just suggestions for the Israelities to consider, but commands from God given to His people. I think its interesting that the very first two commandments were that they were to have no other gods before the one true God, and they were to not make idols in forms of other gods and worship them. It also goes on to say that God is a jealous God and that He demands our full attention.
In the thoughts of celebrity and Hollywood lifestyle, have we done this. Have we made these characters into idols? Have we allowed them to become something that media has just put in our faces to take the place of the one and only God who demands our full attention?!
In Deuteronomy 6:5 it says that we are to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, and mind. I want this to be my desires. Not the lastest tabloid.
What are some areas in your life that you have made into idols?
Do you become obsessed as much as I do on the celebrity culture?
Is Deut 6:5 the cry of your heart?
Thats good Josh. A little reality check.
good post, Josh! I think I’d dream the same sort of thing if I was there. it’s our unconscious talking!