Monday, August 10, 2009

Why no politics, no weather, no sports, no business and financial, no product review topics or discussion?

These are the topics to which we as men often default when trying to make conversation and are topics that we as men often are tempted to worship. Further, there is enough news on each of these topics to keep us distracted from now until eternity. While they may be interesting topics, for the most part, they are temporal; since in eternity, there will be no politics (other than our King), no uncertain weather, no sports competitions, no money, and no products. Rather, in eternity, while God will provide beauty and wonderful things to enjoy, all of those things will be ancillary to loving, worshipping, and enjoying God Himself. While we are here on earth, we should be increasing our capacity and our desire to love, worship, and enjoy just Him. Our fellowship as men in a local church, then, should not be built upon a temporal foundation, but rather upon God’s Word and truth and the application of that to our lives.