Today’s Thought “Hypocrisy Seared” G.Ward

 

“You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me.” Exodus 20:5

 

Oratory contests are soon to present young children reciting the I Have a Dream speech of 1963 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These contests will unfortunately designate a journey for these based on their gregariousness vs. passion. This holiday time in America calls for a reflection of service rendered by many, that selflessness would be considered in our present time.

Some have recently desecrated headshots of King, placing them on poster boards to announce hip-hop party forums (as if King had any relationship with ostentatious dress and cared a great deal about dancing the night away). While some equate this with a blasphemous type of attitude, seeking to be righteously indignant; their own sin is idolatrously perpetuated. Before and while King was advocating for social injustices for everyone, we must remember that he was a called man of God. Salvation understands that the ultimate sacrifice given man is solely relative to the Person of Jesus Christ (*cf. Mt.10:24). Although computerized Photoshop had not been invented, what He endured was far more than any man historically. Why then are we surprised when idiots of today violate common decency? Moreover, why is a speech the culminating factorization of social unrest in America, when King and so many others before him did so much more?

Happy Friday!