How Popular Are You?

     I'm sitting here waiting for class to start and I'm listening to some tunes. Currently listening to Meredith Andrews and the song "Come Home" pops up. There is just something about this song that is so wonderful. It actually reminds me of quite a few friends. You know the ones I'm talking about. The ones who are trying to have a daily walk with Christ or maybe attempting it. The ones that are on the verge who feel that they need to clean up their lives in order for Christ to love them. They feel like they are somehow unworthy or a disappointment to God, so this prevents them from having a deeper relationship.

     I understand how people can feel unworthy, trust me, I've been there. I look back on all the sin in my life whether it was from things I did or sins against me, and wondered how God could accept someone who is so "dirty" in the ways of the world. It took me a long time to get those thoughts out of my head. Seems the devil trains us well on the pity, the sorrow, the shame, the disappointment, the unworthiness, and the failures that we have become. This is exactly what the devil likes to do; he likes to keep us under his thumb and under his control. Sometimes our friends are controlled by the devil as well and have difficulty accepting the fact that we want to change. We even sometimes delay our walk with Christ because of the way our friends treat us. It's sad that the devil and our friends have so much influence over the values that we have. That we somehow can't make up our own mind and decide to live a morally righteous life for fear of no longer being popular.

     I've become so unconcerned about what people think of me the closer I get in my relationship with God. Because in the end, it doesn't matter how popular you are with your friends, it matters how popular you are with God. What say you?