Let Jesus be the HoH!

Would it be worth $500,000 worth of prize money to be the last one standing on the Big Brother reality show? I realize that’s serious coin, but if you’ve spent any time following along with the house guests, you realize that most folks would rather be half a million dollars poorer than spend extended time with this “family.”

Or perhaps you’re a fan and you have immersed yourself in the drama and unique vocabulary of the program? I particularly like “crybernating”- as in when the houseguest Rachel goes off and has a crying spell for a bit. Or “demasculinize” - which is fairly self-explanatory: “I had a great conversation with Rachel about making sure that she doesn't inadvertently demasculinate me in front of other people."
All these behaviors lead to a somewhat complicated system of procedures that eventually get someone (nominated by the Head of Household) “evicted” from the house, and on it goes until we have a winner.

To me, the fact that Big Brother is now in its 13 season says a lot about its appeal to the general human need to connect and exist in relationships. Even the title indicates this - right? The show should be called Highly Dysfunctional Gold Diggers Who Stab Each Other in the Back…but I guess Big Brother is easier to market - and it tells the truth about the viewers who watch through cameras in the wall to devour the latest gossip or intense encounter between the guests.

And what might be behind our attraction to human interaction? In my opinion, I believe that at some level we all feel a bit lonely - and what better way to alleviate this ache than to jump into a hornet’s nest of relational intermingling and escape our own drama for a while?
But then the show is over, and at some point we need to realize that while these programs are entertaining, they still leave us sensing that there is an incompleteness about us that can’t be healed by anything this world offers.

You should know, however, that there is an offer on the table that isn’t from this earth. It is from Someone who wants to be more than a houseguest in your heart and soul, and the reward He offers dwarfs any amount of cash you could imagine:

“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth…All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them” (John 14:15-17; 23).

These are some of Jesus’ last words to His disciples before He is crucified. They are beginning to understand that He will be leaving soon, and they are in a state of near shock as they realize the sadness of losing their best friend in the world.

So the comfort Jesus gives them is a truth about our relationship with God. Did you notice the progression of His promise? When we trust Christ, we enter into relationship with Him, and it is out of that love that we obey His commandments - which are summed up in loving God with everything we are, and loving anyone and everyone with whom we come into contact. And when we are obedient to that charge, we experience the fact that God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit actually “make their home inside us”!
Think about it…no matter how alone you feel, you are never alone. And no matter how disconnected you sense you are from friends and family, you are personally and permanently connected to the God of the universe in total love and forgiveness.

But as I mentioned before, God wants to be more than a houseguest…He desires to be the Head of Household for your entire existence. When you let the Holy Spirit fill you, He will evict all the other “houseguests” like guilt, bitterness, and addictions that have made your life miserable.

Perhaps you’ve already experienced this, and you know how incredible life becomes when you live out the reality of your relationship with Jesus Christ. Remember though, that the great news of Jesus’ offer to make His home with us is not to be kept a secret. In many ways, the world is a “Big Brother” in our lives - always watching to see how we handle the daily grind of this world and the pressure cooker of our culture. Is your life so obviously sold out to Christ that they can’t help but be attracted to Him through your life?

Don’t hide the light of Jesus’ love with insecurity and fear…live out THE Cause of Christ with your lives and your lips so others can discover the joy of letting the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit make their home in their hearts!


Flash Point  Ignite into Action
This week, take some time to reflect on the truth that the Eternal God of the universe has chosen to live inside the core of your being! Wherever you go, He is there to comfort, cheer, guide, protect, and embrace you. Because of His presence in your life, every moment is a divine appointment.


Accelerant  Feed the Fire

Pray: Loving Father, eternal Savior, and gracious Holy Spirit, come dwell in my heart through faith and make Your home in my heart. Let others see and hear the difference You’ve made in my life, and use me in Your Cause to make disciples who make disciples.

Read: I Corinthians 6:19-20. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

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