Are We Too Immersed in the Culture To Help It?

One thing I always admired about Jesus was going against the flow of the stagnate religious environment without forgetting to reach out to the hearts of man. There was a delicate balance of being where the sinner was to reach out to then and he going away at times to stay focused with God. As I get closer to him I still get excited about sports, tech, gaming, music and other things I loved growing up and he gifted me in but it doesn't hold the place of importance in my heart as it once did. I had a flashback though when I overreacted and unfriended someone when the Jets lost to the Colts. How could I let something like that take control of me so easy? There are moments where we either decide to what's right or ride the emotion in our hearts to justify and do what's not Biblical. Emotion and passion are great but put on the wrong things we may find disappointment or a false joy that after a few days doesn't even matter to our lives. We represent and stand for things based on what? We are taught and indoctrinated into things from childhood and accept them as fact and never question the impact on our lives. We loved to be entertained and kick back but never really evaluate what this is putting into us and mentoring us to be. There are things we would never do but watch and condone in our entertainment. Words and images are seeds. A seed is a seed. Jesus said his words are spirit and life. We have to assume the other words not of him will produce death. Why is it when we come to a place in out walk we can never take the next deep plunge? We get upset with people who want to do the right things. We dishonor order and unlike David we touch Saul God's anointed. Even though Saul was wrong as sin he had a Godly fear and a perspective of how God sees things and faith to know God would perform what he promised. When we ride trends , emotions, movements and other things without evaluating it through the mirror of the Word a desensitizing begins to occur in our lives. Our enemy is subtle and crafty. We need o remember that. He is a liar, thief and murderer. (He comes to steal, kill and destroy.) We have to be aware of His devices. These seeds are being sown into our lives whether we realize them or not. Do we want the harvest. America is harvesting seeds from the 60s and beyond right now. We need to check our lives and get honest so we can pluck these things out while they are small and not let it take root and be a stronghold in our lives.