If I could write you a song to make you fall in love,
I would already have you up under my arm.
I used up all of my tricks, I hope that you like this,
But you probably won't, you think you're cooler than me.
Shh, see I got you all figured out,
You need every one's eyes just to feel seen.
Behind your make up nobody knows who you even are,
Who do you think that you are?
How about you? Ever thought that you were cooler than someone else? At some point in life I think we all have classified groups of people into the "way cool" crowd all the way down to the "LOOOOOSER!" people at the bottom of humanity's scrap heap - right? And isn't it funny how we always compare up the cool chain, not down? We're always focused on the group that we want to move up to in order to further our popularity agenda, instead of down at the groups who apparently aren't worthy of our time and attention.
And that's about the time that God looks down at us and wants to puke...
Why? Because He made everyone the same, and when we endorse and even further the popularity social structure that is on every school campus in America, we become part of the evil that comes out of the "How cool am I? And how can I move up the chain?" mentality?
Did you know that the "who's cool and who's not" mentality started way long before America was even a nation? Over 2000 years ago in Jesus' day, the coolest crowd in his world was actually the religious teachers. They were given these great positions to help people, but instead they let it go their heads and they changed into spiritual bullies - and that earned them a seriously strong rebuke from Jesus:
"You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best--the sun to warm and the rain to nourish--to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that."In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you" (Matthew 5:43-47).
Put simply, Jesus is saying that if you follow Him, you do not play favorites. You do not have an agenda to climb the popularity ladder, and you have permanently dropped out of the "I think I'm cooler than you" way of thinking.
God is singing an unconditional love song to everyone on the planet, and the lyrics tell us that His affections have no exceptions, no exemptions, and no requirements.
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SOURCE: Dare2Share - Greg Stier
