A MINI-LESSON ABOUT “WORLDLY” BEHAVIOR

I’ll preface my short article with this note:  God is NOT the center of most people’s lives (especially in the entertainment realm); rather, if mentioned at all, He’s usually just a quick, fluffy footnote that reveals their ignorance of Him and His Word.

Recently, when I turned on my TV, there was a program featuring Hoda Kotb’s 2023 interview with country singer, Wynonna Judd, about how she was coping with the loss of her mother and singing partner, Naomi Judd, who had committed suicide in 2022.

I happened upon that interview just as Hoda was suggesting Wynonna should take some time off – and, I have to say, I found myself excruciatingly disappointed at Wynonna’s response, when she said:

“I don’t know how to take time off, really, because I’m such a doer, and I like to fix things, and I do stuff. I’m not good at sitting still. You know, this whole Bible thing of ‘Be still and know that I am God’ – NO! Rock and roll! … I like to go and do things and don’t know to be still, and it’s not easy…”

All the while, Hoda was sitting there, laughing like a hyena because she obviously thought Wynonna’s response to be funny.

I didn’t think it was funny at all, because there was absolutely NO reverence for God!  Our Heavenly Father NEVER tells us to do anything without good reason; and people are putting their eternal life in serious jeopardy if they can’t be bothered to put any effort into being "whole-hearted” toward Him! The entire Bible is replete with passages where He COMMANDS His people to be whole-hearted, and peppered with examples of what happens to those who have no time for God…

When Hoda went on to ask Wyonna what kind of conversations she’s had with God since her Mom’s passing, Wynonna said she’s only been having conversations with her dead mother, such as, “What the hell am I supposed to do about wardrobe – because she’s always the one who took care of the wardrobe…”

By that time, I had already had enough of that interview, and clicked it off, because I cannot stand superficiality!  My view is this:  If you don’t know God or His Word, then don’t bother mentioning Him in passing conversation, because anything you have to say will always end up being very disrespectful.

Like most interviews with famous people, I found this one with Wynonna Judd VERY superficial and typical of the usual “me-oriented” shtick by people who wouldn’t know God if they fell on Him, because they can’t see past that person they admire in their mirrors!

So, here’s the bottom line:  While the “big entertainment” folks may be filthy rich, they are “poor in spirit” and will be vomited from Yeshua’s mouth on the day he returns to rule and reign for a thousand years! (Revelation 20:4-10)

Here is what Yeshua says about those who choose “the world” over the Kingdom of ELOHIM:

Revelation 3:16: ¹⁵ “I know what you are doing: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth! ¹⁷ For you keep saying, ‘I am rich, I have gotten rich, I don’t need a thing!’ You don’t know that you are the one who is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked!

¹⁸ My advice to you is to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be dressed and not have to be ashamed of your nakedness; and eyesalve to rub on your eyes, so that you may see. ¹⁹ As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so exert yourselves, and turn from your sins!

²⁰ Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. ²¹ I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.”’” (CJB)