Rock Star Jesus

I entered the driveway and it was already packed. People, cars, and crowd control were at a full bustle. The shear sight of all of the commotion was a little overwhelming and caused slight anxiety in me as I tried to figure out where to park, what door to enter, and ultimately find my place. I was a little surprised and amazed at how easy and conveniently I found my seat.

Sure I was sitting on the second balcony out of three floors, I couldn’t see the stage, and sat right next to a noisy walk way—but I was in the building! With in a few minutes the lights went out and multimedia extravaganza blitz my senses as I was trying to make sense of what was before me. I was immediately thrown into a sensory overload.

The pictures I was seeing were not matching the loud off color guitars I was hearing. Where was I? Why do I feel like I am in a poorly directed music video? (You know the ones that people forget about until they want to have a good laugh) The musicians and singers all looked like they just stepped off of music television. But again, where am I? I can make out the words to the music, but all I hear screaming in my head is “Rock Star Jesus”! I began to wonder why I had come to this conference. I came here looking for answers to questions that I did not want to answer myself.

Who am I? Who do I want to be? And what kind of Pastor will I become?

Jesus was not popular during his time. His own mother didn’t believe until after his death, and from the little amount written about his father one could assume that his father was absent through out his life.

If we have been made NO promise of earthly blessings then why do we strive to seek an earthly Christian utopia? I have come to realize that the church who builds walls dies, but the church that breaks walls down lives. Why?

One has a mentality to try to preserve itself, the other has the mentality that I have something to offer, to contribute! The difference is in one word—Purpose! And that one word is affected by attitude! When we have purpose it usually started with and attitude about who we are or what we should do and be about.

The problem with a Rock Star Jesus is that we usually need to have Rock Star Leaders, which leads us to Rock star Churches, which leads us to Rock Star living, which leads us to Rock Star privileges. The lines become drawn not by traditional values of who is saved and who is Lost. But now the lines are drawn by who is popular and who is not. We traded one sacred cow for another. When do we unplug the music, turn off the special affects, and ask Jesus who he wants to be?