Christ or the Bunny

1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him
Recently there has been a break up of a teen band called “One Direction”. While I am familiar with a couple of their songs on the radio, they play often in stores and shops. I couldn’t name the songs if they played.
I heard a few things on the radio that made me think of how sad this world is. Some teenagers, presumably young girls wanted to take time off work to cope with the heartache they are facing with the separation of the band members.
Have we made ourselves some idols so strong in this world, that when things don’t go our way, whether it’s a hockey team going for the Stanley Cup, football team going for the Super Bowl, Baseball with the Pennant and the list goes on.
How about possibly our own car, your lawn, your yard, house, furniture, friends and the list goes on and on and on.
Am I saying we can love our possessions? Absolutely not. We have to take care of what the Father has granted us. However it shouldn’t go to the point of obsession that we need time off work to cope with a band, that has no idea who you even are, that is splitting up.
I remember seeing some pictures of young women that were pretending to be kissing some movie star cutout cardboards, with much intensity, and the caption below was disturbing on what they wanted to do to that cardboard while imagining it was the actual star.
We have not only taken some of our passions and turned them into hobbies. But we have taken our passions and turned them into our obsessions. And I’m not immune to this. I have my struggles with hockey. I was talking to my wife this morning. I am a Montreal Canadians fan. I don’t miss a game. If I’m at work while the game is on, or at the gym, I have it on PVR.
I will watch it later. I love watching the strategies, the failed attempts, the success and obviously the winning. And I love winter. I am not a big, big fan of summer. But what I love about summer is that I get my evenings back.
Once hockey is over, I have almost every night to do what matters to my family and I. In the winter, we hibernate, train a little at the gym, but I watch hockey, along with my studies.
But I wonder often, what really has my heart, my study, or hockey? And I’m not even closely obsessed with hockey as much as some of my friends are. Or as some people are about other passions. And I almost find it a burden with the time I put into it.
The coming weekend is a weekend that has a 2000 yr old anniversary. The death and resurrection of someone that marked the calendar forever. Yet there is barely a mention of him anywhere anymore. We are trying to drown him out. Proclaimed Atheists around the world are attempting to deny his existence. Other religions and faiths say “everyone’s belief system is valid”.
But he, while on earth said “I am the way, truth and the life. No one comes to the father but through me”.
With that exclusive claim, there’s only 2 possibilities. Either he is, or he’s not.
Dear friend, Have you considered Christ this coming Easter, or are you tied up in the world, and you will love chocolate and the bunny like everyone else is doing?
Remember, you only have 1 life to live on earth. And that is the one that decides where you will spend eternity. It’s multiple choice, with only 2 choices.