In a world awash in religious silliness we need to be jolted back to spiritual reality. Paul shared this concern for the Corinthian church. "But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:3).
We drift off course and don't notice it. We get over-committed and over-involved in good but lesser projects. We run in circles. We go through the same religious-motion Sunday after Sunday. Yet if we dare to take a hard look at ourselves little or nothing changes. We're the same.
We put up with religious silliness from preachers, church leaders, and fellow believers ---the ones who lead the worship, preach the sermons, teach the classes, pray, minister at the altar. Immaturity spreads like a virus. And we pretend that we're immune.
We've over-complicated Christianity. We've lost our sense of "one thing." We've been deceived; we've deceived ourselves. We've walked off -- one step at a time, one misdirection after another, one wrong turn here, another wrong turn there -- from the simplicity and purity of our devotion to Jesus Christ.
What else matters?
What else is worth our time and commitment?
How long will we stay deceived?
When does a lion stop looking like a lion? When does a Christian stop looking like a Christian?
How do we get back to reality?
We could at least be truthful before God and admit our silliness instead of redefining our religion.
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