The Law in 90 Days: Numbers 33-34
SCRIPTURE READING
John 15:19 (NIV); If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not
belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
A disciple of Christ is sold out to the ways of God’s kingdom. In the disciple’s mind, the kingdom
of God is the only true and lasting realm. This means that Christ is our King now. His laws, His
fellowship, His opinion is what matters to us.
Many of us act as though the Kingdom of God is this futuristic thing, irrelevant for today. The
world is our home, and we like it that way. Some of us are loved as the world’s own because we
just don’t want to give up so much of what the world generates.
Sadly, if you take the average self-proclaimed North American Christian and set him beside the
self-proclaimed non-religious North American, you would find little difference between the two:
hours in front of the TV, the type of music they listen to, the movies they choose, the language
they use, the state of their marriage – all basically the same. Clearly there is something wrong in
the church.
We must address the issue of media in our times. Satan has sin under a guise of entertainment.
Entertainment is anything that offers to please, amuse or divert you. The definition alone shows
that something is amiss. Our culture invests billions of dollars into things that are meant to
distract us from reality. Through the media, Satan plants lies in such a way that we actually take
pleasure in absorbing them! Many of us hate to touch this topic because we fear being seen as
prudish. We just want to keep our ears and eyes in the mainstream of things while somehow
protecting our hearts from its effect. It will not work.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. Ask God to search your heart on the media issue. Are you bothered by the topic? Ask Him
to show you why you feel this way.
2. There are many lies in the media today – lies about the sanctity of life and marriage, lies
about sex, lies about money, love and the pursuit of happiness. Ask God to open your eyes
to these and other lies. Spend some time analyzing the media that you take pleasure in.
What are the lies conveyed to you through it? Ask the Holy Spirit to show you the ones you
have bought in to.
3. Ask God to speak to you about media in your life.
