Same Song

Mark 8:36 –“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”

In the early 1990’s the rap group Digital Underground released the song “All Around the World Same Song”.  While the lyrics are ubiquitous one or two lines really always resonate in my memory of Tupac Shakur as he pronounced:

“Get some fame, people change, wanna live they life high
Same song, can't go wrong, if I play the nice guy
Claimin' that they must have changed now that we came strong
I remain still the same, why Tu'? 'Cause it's the same song”

As we fast approach the ending of this year with anticipation of the New Year we must be mindful that things come and go but we must be true to the new creature that God has created within us.  When we confess Jesus as our personal Savior, we become new creations and in this newness we must continue to grow nearer to God and further from the wiles of the world.  We live in this world but our hearts and minds must be stayed on Jesus.  No matter what comes up as ‘new’ or ‘improved’ in the world it really is just the same old song.  Same old things just repackaged, glittered-up and presented as the next best thing.  We must remain the same in our pursuit of God’s Kingdom and stay true to our desires to please him. 

Every day is a good day; it is up to us to a make it a GREAT day!  Enjoy this fifth day of Kwanzaa (Nia).  Be blessed!  Dr. JoAnn