Practical Application #6: The SuperbowlPicture of God #77, Sun 1/28/00 Fun. Real fun. 22 guys get together to bang the hell out of each other...Governors make bets...People pay $2,000 for a seat... The government and Hollywood want us to believe that children who watch TV 6 hours a day are not effected at all. Yet corporations are willing to pay $1,400,000 to control this medium for just 30 seconds....because the ability to control this medium for even 30 seconds can, and will, transform SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS........Between the bets and parties and all, I have heard the total economic impact of the Superbowl world-wide (don't forget it's broadcast to 75 countries and will be watched by nearly 1/3 out of the entire planet) to be estimated at $40,000,000,000. That's 40 Billion dollars, world-wide. And the free press, what about that?....where's the commentary and outrage?...Well, if you think you life in a country with a free press, you are wrong. In America, NBC, for example, is OWNED by General Electric. NBC is General Electric's front-line PR representative, nothing more nor less. 75% of all media outlets are owned by (literally) a handful of companies...Do you think, for even a moment, they will let their "news" shows threaten their profits? And in much of the world it is even worse....Governments own the press. In short, I Will Be What I Will Be, even in domains we (some of us) where we would prefer it didn't....The System Protects the System, and seeks to maintain and preserve it. Practical Application?
If we could by some miracle, and yes, it will take a miracle, get people to care even 1% as much about God, His Name, and His Kingdom, and "work the system" (not just read it, but live their lives that way (lots of problems in that area this week)) the momentum would be sufficient to probably lead to an elimination of suffering on the planet. I have a fantasy where......well....I am the Superbowl....and have the attention of the world......with the opportunity to lay it all out for the world...The Name, why it matters, practical applications.....for all that time... Oh well....Some dream of running 20 yards with a football....I dream of changing the world. YHWH will provide the money we need, when we need it. (That's called FAITH, the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.) No one involved with this ministry is starving, and we are feeding children around the world. We have no debts. We are, I must proclaim, a textbook example of fiscal responsibility. But with the funds....I WOULD take the opportunity....Heck, I'd be happy to buy commercials and get the Budweiser gecko (chameleon? whatever it is?!?) to CHANT THE NAME!!!!!!!! "Changed my life Ernie, ought to try it!)" THAT would get their attention. Of course, I Will Be What I Want to Be....I have found (especially during the last week) that people would rather hold onto their own pain and twisted psychosis than actually be healed. It's sad, but true. People are almost always more comfortable with the misery they know than the promised ecstasy that might take a little effort to inherit. It astounds me, individually and globally........And if you want a Bible connection (I'm constantly challenged that I cannot back any of this up Biblically, which is only proof of the utter ignorance of the challenger) just look at the Hebrews after they had been freed from hundreds of years of slavery...the bitching, moaning and complaining, actually begging Moses to take them back to Egypt, where at least their leek and onion stew was fresh. So, in his wisdom, YHWH decided that generation would NOT enter the promised land...Their children (who still had some hope and faith) we allowed to enter the promised land of flowing milk and honey. Sometimes systems (and people) become so polluted they cannot be redeemed. Sad, but again true. Ravens, Giants......And as I talk to the "crew" (the team of people I know on a weekly basis) I have not found one single person who actually cares about either team. But Media says it's the 3rd most important thing we do, behind paying taxes and voting. So we obey. All Hail.
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