I’ve always had a problem with listening to the same old music my whole life. Sex-flled, cussing, money-loving, Rap and hip-hop. I knew it was bad to listen to but i loved it so much. Even after i got saved, i loved it. Some argue i even got saved if i still loved the old things. But i still struggled for years. Considering the kid i was, that was one of only things that kept me from being a “perfect” christian. I was a very good kid. So that being the only thing i THOUGHT i did wrong, i didn’t think it was a big deal. Of course, we all know that wasn’t the only thing wrong by far. Well, one day in sunday school we were talking about something i honestly don’t remember, i was probably trying to make my friend laugh while they were talking. This girl in my class chimed in on whatever the teacher was talking about, being the only student that has participated all morning, she said, “So many people say i’m a good christian but i do THIS whatever that may be. That ONE thing. Think about if we let go of that one thing we would be closer to what God wants us to be like. Why risk it for one thing?” And it really got to me. She was totally right…this can apply to everyone cause we all have that ONE thing we do that we feel guilty about but do it anyways. Do you love it more than Jesus? Thats the question. How can we say we do when we go off and listen to music or watch things he would’t approve of? Every time you disobey him, you’re choosing that one or multiple things over God. You say you love him yet you leave from worship to go home and on the way home you listen to vulgar music. Then we go home and watch movies or shows that God hates because of the obvious ungodly factors. Lets examine the things we enjoy and ask ourselves if God would approve before continuing to enjoy those things. Sometimes its the smallest things, but to him its bigger.
