Free downloads LightBear1/6/2024 Then she was to use her fame to invite people from every nation into a covenant relationship with God. Her “beauty” was to be God’s beauty shining through her. Israel was called to become famous for good rather than for evil. “Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you” (Ezekiel 16:14). God told ancient Israel that He wanted to make them famous on the world stage, not for scandalous behavior but for the beauty of His character shining through them: In other words, the system we’ve created rewards egomania and immorality. Often the worst kinds of characters are idolized, and the constant subliminal message becomes, “It’s good to be bad,” or at least financially profitable. The point of the entire sick pursuit is to cash in with every click and view on social media. Countless people are on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook trying to be famous as a life’s vocation. In fact, pop culture has become a fame- making machine. Some act, some sing, and some, oddly enough, are famous for being famous, for doing outrageous things that make everyone stop and stare. We are part of a culture that is defined by the presence of what Lady Gaga calls, “The Fame Monster.” That is, a person who pursues fame for fame’s sake, because of the benefits that attend fame.
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