The letters JESUS is trending on social media, it’s either it is shared as a Whatsapp status or it is shared on someone’s wall on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or other platforms.
When I first saw it, I asked myself, what is happening?
Ghana has seen a lot of “Christian” movement, there was MOGPA, there is Alpha,
and a lot more which seems to peak at a point.
Was this JESUS another movement peaking or it was something
else, I found the explanation of social media. It was a thread started by
Nathaniel Bassey, a Musician to make JESUS trend.
Wow! Was my first exclamation, it seems the JESUS trending
fire has really caught on, it is like everybody is sharing it.
However, occasionally, I will see comments like, “even
publicly known profane people are also sharing JESUS” and comments like that.
Jesus the Christ (The Anointed one) according to the Bible
is the only begotten son of God who accepted to come down to earth to come and
die for the sins of mankind.
The Bible says that because of that singular act of kindness
shown by Jesus Christ, He is given a name above all name, that at the mention
of the name Jesus Christ, every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus
Christ is Lord.
I am a Bible believeing Christian who believes that Jesus
Christ is indeed the son of God, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ and I
strive to live right as a Christian.
So I will not intentionally harm my fellow human being or
even animals, yes, I am very kind to birds, dogs and cats. I love watching
nature and I enjoy the handiwork of God (Nature)
I also strive to be kind, I try not to be judgmental of people who are not like me or who I think are weird,
I try to understand what informs people’s behavior and I try my best to love.
For God so love the world that He gave his only begotten son
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life, I
believe this scripture is also true.
What I find out about the Jesus trending however that is it
seems that a lot of people are sharing JESUS on their status for sharing sake
and not really committed to back their trend with deeds.
I share two personal experience here, on some occasions, I
have taken my daughter who lives with cerebral palsy to schools owned or headed
by pastors. One of the pastors, after hearing that I wanted admission for my
child who does not walk yet or speak, started praying and prophesying right in
my presence, “O your daughter will be well, your daughter will walk,” but he
wasn’t ready to accept my daughter into his school.
He recommended that I sent my daughter to a special school,
I painstakingly explained why I wanted my daughter to be in a mainstream
educational setting but no, he wasn’t ready. I thanked him and left.
The second was a Christian school, I had gone to see the
Assistant head and explained everything to him that I wanted my daughter to be
in the school, I was prepared to go the extra mile just to have my daughter in
school, he seemed convinced and gave me a date to come and meet the
headmistress who was a pastor.
This woman will not hear of admitting a child with special
needs in her school, according to her, they once admitted a child with Autism
who was violent and so they won’t even attempt.
I explained to them that children with special needs are
unique, we cannot lump all children with special needs together, even two
children with autism may not behave the same way, no this pastor headmistress
will not even want to see my face, let alone to see the child.
I walked away from the school, so disappointed because it is
a Church denomination I belonged to. I was disappointed beyond the word itself.
When I cast my mind back, the Jesus Christ who we follow
showed kindness to all manner of people. I remember the story of the 10 lepers.
They were lepers for Christ sake, according to church history, lepers were
regarded as outcasts in the society but when they boldly approached Jesus the
Christ, he welcomed them and healed them.
In the Bible we see Jesus heal the demon possessed, Jesus
was accused of mingling with the known sinners like Zacchaeus, he did good and
accepted all manner of persons.
Today, I dare say that many of the people who profess the
name Jesus may not have the same intentions that Jesus had when he walked the
surface of this earth.
We are confronted with blatant hypocrisy, jealousy, envyness,
wishing others ill, among others. Sometimes some Christians only appreciate how
blessed they are when they see others suffer.
Some people only see the goodness in their lives when they
see what they think is another’s predicament.
Well… The Jesus Christ I know did not do that, and if we
really want to make Jesus trend, let’s also make Jesus trend with our deeds.
Words are not enough, posting the inscription JESUS on your
status is not enough, let JESUS trend by your deeds.
After all the Bible says that by their fruits we shall know
them.
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