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Pende's Postulates As I sit here watching the opening game of the NFL regular season (finally), Colts vs. Saints, I find myself thinking, “Thank you God for giving us American football,” because I was starting to get bored with the sports on TV. With all the excitement that I was experiencing for this game to come, which should be a really good one hopefully, I find myself getting frustrated with all the commercials that keep popping up. It felt like it was every 5 minutes. So, I do what most men do during a commercial break…I flip channels. We have digital cable, so I can flip with the guide and not actually change channels until I find something that interests me. Well, I should be embarrassed to say what I settled on but it’s one of the reasons that I am writing this, so I have to…I settled from the manly football game to the NYC concert of JT. If you don’t know who JT is, I will tell you, Justin Timberlake. Yes that’s right I went to the teen sensation Justin Timberlake concert. As I was watching it, many thoughts started to enter my head. First was “I hope no one finds out about this” (my wife was in the back of the house so she didn’t know). That thought has now been spoiled thanks to me. I watched for a good 15 minutes (longer than any commercial break which means I got a little more into it than I was wanting to). The next thought that passed through my head was, “Man this guy has got some talent.” In the 15 minutes I watched, he went from some pretty impressive dancing to singing to playing guitar to playing piano. All of them were good too. I am not a musician by any means but I know a little about playing, and if he was not playing he did one heck of a job faking. Then, I started thinking about Christian music and how there is not really anyone that is a good comparison to JT, as far as talent alone goes. I am not going to get too into this subject because it is an entire blog on its own. But there was one part that I saw that really got me thinking. During one of his songs he basically had the crowd (which was enormous) sing an entire verse and chorus. And they pretty much knew every word and sang it in unison, not on key but at least all together. I kind of got a little tickled by this (and so did JT). We both smiled. I smiled because it took me a little off guard that that many people would be able to sing in unison a song that I had honestly never heard of in my life, and I am pretty “hip.” This is when the thinking really got started. I started thinking what if I was on stage at that concert singing and dancing and playing music, and I said 2 Timothy 3:16 – 17, started it “All…,” I wonder how many of the “teenagers” would be able to finish it. There would probably be an awkward silence in the auditorium. Everyone would be waiting for me to finish. I did not pick as obscure a verse as you might think. This is a verse we should all have embedded in our hearts. For those who don’t know, this is what it says, “16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” It is a great couple of verses and the truth in them is something every Christian should know. But we don’t, do we? If we did then we would have it set in our heart like we should (“I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” Ps. 119:11, another good one we should know). I have asked my students these questions before and now I pose them here: How many songs do you know in their entirety? 30, 40, 50, more? How many songs do you at least know the chorus of? 50, 100, 1,000, more… Now how many verses from the Bible can you quote? 5, 10, 20, 30 maybe. Pretty humbling to think about, huh? Also kind of sad isn’t it? These are questions that changed my life. I have a better grasp on memorizing scripture nowadays. It’s because My Lord is more important than JT or any other artist. Last thought about this concert I have been watching (BTW the score is Indy 24 Saints 10 and Indy just intercepted a Brees pass, way to go Freddy Keiaho). What kind of impact could Justin Timberlake have on this country if he came to know the Lord? He filled up Madison Square Garden with young people, looks like the average age is about 25ish. They were hooked on his every word. What if every word was Christ centered? We would truly see a God movement through our country. But you know what? You have just as much influence in your circle of friends. Use your new found love of scripture to share it with a friend this week. Grace and Peace.
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