Just a quick thought

I was inspired by a post by Glenn Burris, the president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.  He has been reading a book called "God's Generals" one of those characters was Aimee Semple McPherson and Glenn remarked on a Facebook post about how Aimee didn't let cultural expectations limit her ministry.  And this thought came to me.

As Christians we can neither ignore the culture around us nor let it limit us.  The culture may try to hinder us with values that fly in the face of The Good News of Jesus Christ.  But as Christians we have to keep our eyes on Jesus, pursuing The Kingdom and its righteousness in spite of what the culture is saying.

So when the culture says that things like riches and social standing are important we have to continue to find our value in the eyes of our Savior.  We must find our value in what He has done and not in our earthly accomplishments. We cannot let things like fame and earthy success define us (one way or the other).  No matter what we accomplish here on earth, if it is not done in His strength and according to His will, then we are just building idols for ourselves - sand cassels on the shore.