the gospel of jesus vs the gospel of my interests

Without realising, I've taken on board things I've heard from all over. Have you found your lifestyle affected by arbitrary outside forces? I'm pretty sure I've imbibed many a thing from the culture around me, good and terribly bogus, such as:-

- relationship advice from Scrubs..

from a guy that couldn't make any last, in a fictional show? Well played..

- how to be a good friend from Final Fantasy games! ahaha.. ahem.

and plugging that being silent and moody is "cool" at the same time.. doh!

- shown the benefit of sharing, through trading Pokemon.

All in the name of love, peace and my monster beating the poop out of yours.

- processing all manner of negative emotions through metal.

Rarrr, stomp, loud noises. If you're not floating in mid air, you're not doing it right.

- canonising dead rock stars' words -

*sniff* how tragic, he liked pizza! sob..


It's not that there's no room for culture, but I have to be prepared to protect myself against any rotting influence.

Just, what I can make from this, is that the world preaches to me and rest of us ever louder than the church. We don't realise, because we like the message, so we are not going to complain about being prescribed moral and lifestyle ideals that we already adhere to. The world speaks about our life as it is, in agreement for all that goes on. Where it differs, it differs comfortably enough to aspire to and adopt as our own. On the other hand, when Christ speaks into our lives, he gives no concessions to what is already there - if he is to be there in our life, then the rest of what makes up our life has to be prepared to ship out, and that's why it seems that those who speak of Jesus are more preachy than others - in reality, it just goes against the general way of human thinking. I admit, it grates on me as well, God's word, and its no surprise, as the bible says,

“my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

He's bound to be different to me in boundless ways, for he is a boundless God, and I am clearly not. I am as sinful as God is Holy, as simple as God is wise, as proud as God is humble and as wayward as he is loyal. If I find anything lacking in him, then I prove my faultfinding faulty, just as Job did.