2. the issue with our spirituality

When you look back at the 80s, religiosity was rampant. At least that's how the television shows depict it. Almost everyone was trying to find a purpose in life, and they seek comfort and solace in a higher being who seems to have it all figured out for them. Right now, in the year 2014, some still find rest for their soul in this God who has a great plan for them. Whereas others live by an infamous quote.....

#yolo

I believe this is nothing to be ashamed about, neither is it anything to be particularly proud about. I'm quite on the fence about this whole issue about #yolo. What I care more is how we have come to an age where we see atheism spread everywhere and people are starting to denounce God and idolize objects such as money and/or wealth and some even choose to pay homage to the things that can't even be seen such as sex and love. It's crazy how we have come to this stage where we actually believe that money solves all issues or worst still, that sex - solves all issues.

This is definitely something for us to be ashamed about. 

As a Christian, we get scorned at by different groups of people. In church, we are taught that if others call us "holy", it holds a lot of special and positive connotations, it goes to show that you've been living out a righteous life, or to be more specific, the 9 fruits of the HOLY spirit (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control). But why is it that when we step out in to the real world, our peers calling us "holy" and "pious" really holds so much negative connotations? Why is it that suddenly the idea of being "holy" actually means that you're a "wuss"? 

"Wanna hang out on Sunday? Oh, you can't? Oh, you gotta go to church? How sweet. You're very holy."

It's not even about the tone here anymore. It's how our generation has gone so shallow that we believe that being submissive to any authority isn't "cool". We think getting our heads rolled by disciplinarians are way cooler than respecting them. We live by a conduct that says "how can I respect you if you don't respect me?" That's pretty weird because if everyone lives this same way, how will there ever be respect in this world? The term "respect" is going to get obsolete in just a matter of time.

Our reverence for God has decreased drastically and we are not the same kind of worshipers anymore. We ain't the girls in Mary Jane's anymore. Now we wear Jimmy Choo's and flaunt our Gucci lady purses (or man pouches). Church has gotten so relevant (kudos to that) - but at what expense? 

The God we worship is the same yesterday, today and forever. What changed wasn't our God. He didn't get up one day thinking "hey, I think I'm not going to let my presence be felt by anyone today. Ha, that'll show them". He isn't like that. If we can't feel our Heavenly Father's presence, it's probably due to the fact that we, ourselves, have changed. And we rather adapt to the relevant times. And the big subconscious decision before any action is always: spirit man or carnal man.

That's pretty much the modern day context of Eve's choice of having the forbidden fruit.

I guess, that's what we really fear at this point of time. We try to get so relevant that God becomes irrelevant. I pray hope that one day, we can only remember the good things that God has done, and that we can share our thanksgiving of the day everyday. There are so many things to thank God for. But I guess we are so blinded by the high neon lights of this city that we can't see our God's awesome works in our lives.