Proverbs 14:7

In the immortal words of Obi-Wan Kenobi:
"Who's more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"

Being foolish has become one of my all time favorite pet peeves. Especially when I am a grown man who is married and still enjoys video games and cartoons. Maturity has become something measured by how much money you make or how happy you seem, not how ferociously you preach the gospel or go after God for all that He has in store. What seems to be a rapidly spreading problem is the fact that if you do not act "mature" in the sight of others they think something is wrong with you. They will talk about how we need to be smiley all the time and not tell our burdens. They will want to stifle the teaching of God's Word for fun and games. It is at these times that I wish to scream with all my might, "God is speaking, but you are not hearing Him." cf. Isaiah 6. What goes through people's minds when they want to put the Scriptures on the back burner of equipping? Why is it that if I play video games and watch cartoons, yet preach and teach the Scriptures with a fire burning in my chest I am immature? And in that same vein why am I expected to NOT teach and preach the Scriptures but entertain? Why is everything turning into a big pile of confusion for me?
When there are statistics that show 80% of teenagers abandoning Christ when they get to college and all they did was have fun and a few devotionals, something must be done. This is not happy fun time. This is war. We make war everyday against sin and temptation and the devil who would have us believe it is peace time. We can not stand idly by as the enemy takes our children. I WILL NOT stand idly by. I will teach what God is saying in His awesome book until I die. I will stand on the foundation that will not fail. I will not give in to some twisted idea that kids just need to have fun and not learn all they can about their God while they are young.
And don't misunderstand me, I am all about fun. Remember the video games and cartoons from earlier? Fun has its place, but it isn't before Jesus. When entertainment comes before Jesus it has become an idol of extreme magnitude. Do not give in to the lie. Our kids are not going to magically learn about God through osmosis. Do not assume the gospel has taken root. Fight with everything you have to see the children saved and discipled.
If we do not train up our children, someone or something else will and they will just be one more statistic saying that Jesus isn't important. Jesus is so important that I am willing to die for Him. Jesus is so important that the entire world changed because of Him. Jesus is so important that I will not trade teaching His word for games.