Going Back To The Roots 1

Personal Reflection:

Lately, I have been at war with my thoughts regarding everything that has been happening in my life for the last six months. I started assessing my life with deep questions about who I want to become not based on my accomplishments but on my character. I think it has been long enough to say that I dropped off my passion and became content and lazy with my spiritual life. I also have accepted others’ standards of living instead of staying true to my convictions and standards that God has told me to live by.

Pleasing People Instead of Pleasing God

If you were to know me when I was passionate about my faith and devoted in my private life, you would be surprised with the efforts I have made to cultivate the standards I had before.

Side note: These are my convictions which I am not expecting you guys to adopt unless God has otherwise told you to do it. These are my standards and values that were developed within me which I will renew these commitments and values to please God.

1.) My Views on Music:

I remember back in high school when my rapping and speech were out-of-line and weren’t edifying people or building others up. I remember listening to the typical music that my generation listened to and throughout the years it has gotten worse. So God told me to just listen to edifying worship and Christian music. I stayed persistent to that value until a perspective had changed my mind. There were a few people who made fun of the fact that I didn’t listen to it and that I’m” too holy” which caused me to feel like an outsider. So I started to listen to secular for the past two years and I noticed that it was not benefiting my spiritual life. I came to terms that this isn’t what I was supposed to be involved with so I recommitted myself back to the standard that God has placed over my life.

Continuing the Reflection:

I had to come to terms with my motives as to why I would listen to music that is contrary to the Word of God and the lifestyle we are called to live as Christians. Why would I listen to seductive music while the goal of being a Christian is to stay pure? Why listen to music that degrades women when we are supposed to place value in their lives? I for sure think you get what I am talking about. This is my value and standard. I’m tired of living toward others’ standards and it’s time to live by the standards that God has placed in my life.

You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is beneficial.

1 Corinthians 10:23