What does Jesus and Michael Jackson have in common you say? More than you can imagine. I recently read on line that at least a dozen (12) people have committed suicide because of Michael Jackson’s death. I couldn’t believe it. I thought to myself, this can’t be true. This has got to be one of those ‘rumor’ things. As I continued to research I found the same information. Yes, 12 people have killed themselves because Michael Jackson has died. This information gave me cause to think. What other person has been the source of people ‘given’ up their lives? You guessed it……Jesus.
I understand that people have many different views about Jesus (just as they do about MJ). Some believe him to be God-incarnate. Others believe Jesus to be the Son of God. Others believe Jesus to be a prophet, not God not a god, but a man. Then there’s MJ. Some consider him an icon. Others see him as a brilliant artist and musician. Others see him as disturbed…a freak. Remember the label “Wacko Jacko”? My goal in this post is not to persuade one way or the other. It’s not to agree or disagree. My desire is to cause you to take an intimate look at yourself. To find within you those things that you find so appealing in the previously mentioned persona’s.
Too often people live vicariously through another. Instead of becoming the powerful being that they are, they choose to spectate, while others are out there living it. Why do you think so many people are obsessed with celebrities? Even during the time that Jesus walked this planet, people were more comfortable with following him and dying ‘for’ him than becoming a trailblazer just as he was. And now in our time, people are doing the same. They are willing to die ‘for’ MJ than to take his great works to the next level.
As a child, a teenager and young adult, I spent a great deal of time in church. I was forced to go as a child and a teenager and felt it was my ‘duty’ to go as an adult. One of the common themes for most churches is that God is up there and you , well you are somewhere down here. That never quite sat well with me. So I decided to get a better understanding for myself. Proverbs 4:7 (KJV)…”Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”
II Timothy 2:15 (KJV) reads….”Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” And that is exactly what I began to do in my adulthood. I started to read for myself and not just listen to what others were saying. I began to read not just the Bible, but other books and information as well. You will never guess what I began to realize.
In my pursuit of understanding, I found that Jesus advised that not only was he powerful beyond measure, so are we. Take a moment to read the following scriptures…Matthew 17:20, Matthew 21:21, John 14:12 (all KJV). I will leave the reading and interpretation of those scriptures to you. However, what I received from them was that if I could somehow begin to believe in myself then I could do the same as and even greater works than Jesus himself. He said so. Now just imagine this for you. Imagine that within you lies a power so great that you could move mountains, just by speaking. No pushing, no shoving, no breaking your back, not even breaking a sweat. Just by believing in the power within and speaking your truth.
Just as we have the power of Jesus within, we have the same creative ability as Michael Jackson. Now, I’m not saying that you can moon walk all over a stage or go around grabbing your crotch, but I am saying that you can create for yourself an empire. You can create the life you dream of. You can be the next person who sets this world on fire. All you have to do is go within, find your ‘licious’ self, believe, and work it out.
In love,
J-licious
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