Is Fame Really Worth All That

I have been watching the 2010 NFL Draft on ESPN. All of these young men being picked to play the game of football at the highest level. All around the first picks are the players families and girl friends and wives and of course, their agents. The prospects are all decked out in the finest suits with diamond earrings, expensive watches. All looking very prosperous. Prospective advertisers have opened the door to these men with these expensive gifts. Parents, who have sacrificed over the years, are finally going to be repaid for their giving. A lot of these boys have come from poor families and neighborhoods and this is, in their minds, the only way out of that life.

The only thing that hasn't been done for these young men is someone to teach them how to act with this new found status. Sadly, some of them will go down a very worldly path and make some very poor decisions. What they really need is someone to teach them how much better their lives would be if they had their spiritual lives together. Granted, some of them already have made that decision and kudos to them. However, many others will be caught up with the limelight and have their egos stroked and once again will be spoiled rotten by their agents and their future coaches. So much emphasis on self and the exaltation of self and God is left out of these men lives. The Bible states that is Jesus is lifted up, he will draw all men to Him.

All throughout history, mankind has worshipped the human body and the exploits of super-human athletes. The Greeks and the Romans were the biggest nations that exalted the human body and we have history to document their failure because of the immoral structure of their societies. The United States is headed in that same direction. We have watched prayer removed from our schools, the Ten Commandments removed from our public and government buildings. Now we have a President who has stated that the United States is no longer a Christian nation. I have to heartily disagree. He may wish that we are not a Christian nation, but at the heart of this country, WE ARE CHRISTIAN. When you see these young men touted for their athletic prowess, take some time and pray for them. Pray for godly men to take them under their wings. Pray for them to find a relationship with Jesus Christ before they are too far gone in the deceitfulness of riches and fame.

America, you need to fall to your knees and ask the Lord to forgive your sinfulness and do a one-eighty turn from this fixation with wealth and fame. Our lives on this earth consist a very short time compared to the facing of eternity. We will all find ourselves in eternity and all we had on this earth will do absolutely nothing then. America needs to get the priorities in order. Find Jesus, find life. Don't find Jesus, find hell's fire.