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Looking Up to Him

    On nights like these when TVs across America are tuned into celebrity award show shenanigans, it makes it very clear to me how much emphasis our culture puts on these people. We obsess over what they are wearing, saying, singing, eating, etc. We put so much focus on flawed people that just happen to be in the limelight. It has even become normal to call these people "perfect." When you let all that sink in it's rather sickening.

    When we hold people in such high esteem we set ourselves up to be let down. People will never fail to disappoint us no matter how "perfect" they may seem. Also, why do we set flawed individuals as the measuring stick for our lives? If we live our lives according to others' standards and values we will not like the place we end up. There is nothing wrong with admiring others, but we cannot make a doctrine around someone who is by nature flawed. My point is this: focus on Jesus! Living for anyone else or to be like anyone else is idol worship. Jesus is the only one who is perfect and will never let you down. He is the one we should be comparing ourselves to and aspiring to be like. Set your eyes on Heaven and not on earth!

1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. (ESV)

 Hebrews 12:2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. (NLT)

 Colossians 3:1-2 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. (NIV)

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