The Road Not Chosen: Who's Your Daddy?

Getting ready for work this morning, I was listening to a local Christian radio station ramble on about an upcoming music festival. They were giving out directions to the venue, talking about what people should bring for the two day event. Somewhere in the midst of this they were talking about the Barlow Girls and how they had made being a virgin "cool". The female announcer went on proclaiming it will be so much easier for other Christian girls to keep their virginity because they have the Barlow Girls to look up to.

I stopped putting on my eye shadow and exclaimed "That ain't gonna help in the heat of passion, baby!" I mean, hooray for all the virgins out there but you better have a more concrete reason for keeping your virginity than the Barlow Girls. Has our Christianity become so secularized that we have to look to a Christian celebrity for reasons to do what God (the Creator of All That Exists) has told us to do? Is doing (or not doing) something because some famous Christian does it much different than wearing a certain brand of clothing because that's what Gwenyth Paltrow wears?

Romans 1:16 says "For I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of salvation to all who believe." When passions and fleshly desires are pulling at us, we have to use the gift that God has given us. Our redemption isn't just a ticket into heaven, it gives us a real, tangible power that we can access to help us do the right thing at the right moment. Hopefully when temptation comes our way we have the guts to say, "No, I won't because I serve and worship the Almighty God and He says I can't do that!" not "No, I want to be a virgin like (fill in Christian celebrity name here)."

Being a virgin is never going to be "cool" in the world's eyes. In fact, being a Christian is never going to be either. We answer ultimately to God. Our love and awe for Him is what should motivate all our actions. He is the one who we call on in times of temptation. He is the one who will help us escape the snare of the enemy. We have no power to help ourselves except that which comes from him.

And yes, we are to encourage one another to do good but we can't be the reason each other does what is right. Humans will always fail themselves and each other. Our love of our Father has to be why we keep to the narrow path. He alone is our Redeemer and for that reason we do the right thing, cool or not.

Comments

I absolutely agree! So many Christians think if we become more seeker sensitive, we'll get more non-believers to become believers.
We are loosing the focus of the power of the gospel. It is the Holy Spirit that draws people to repent and follow Christ. We cannot woo the world into thinkin we're cool and that they should join us.
It is great that The Barlow Girls are good role models for our girls but they need the parents to teach a strong foundation of the Bible and how to apply its teachings to their everyday life, AND pray that the Holy Spirit will keep them strong when they find themselves "in the heat of the moment".
Great blog, you go girl!!

Posted by: Shannon | June 09, 2008 at 07:28 PM