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We live in a hyped up world!

Advertisers try to convince you that you can lose that stubborn fat and look like a fitness model in 30 days, grow hair and win the girl with this particular tonic, and this product is so amazing that if you call in the next 10 minutes, not only will you get the item but they’ll send you TWO for the same price PLUS get  yet another product thrown in (just pay for the shipping … which costs more than all the products).

We extend the hyperbole into the church. You absolutely don’t want to miss this coming Sunday because it will be amazing! Incredible! Spectacular! Life changing! That’s the same thing the preacher said about last Sunday and both turned out to be another average, over-hyped exaggeration just to get people to show up.

With all the exposure to hyperbole, we bring such exaggerations into our own lives. The least little mole hill becomes a mountain, to the point that everything is a challenge, a difficulty, a hardship.

Really?

Maybe we’re missing a good deal of the peace that Jesus Christ promised His followers because we’re living more a life of hyperbole than simplicity, where truth is truth even if it’s simple.

Speaking in hyperbole is an effective way of eventually getting people to NOT trust you (because the reality of what you produce doesn’t match the hyperbole), and eventually weakening your own faith.

Have you ever stopped to consider more people might be more attracted to a calm statement like, “Listen, I know you’re going through some tough times right now, I’ve been there myself. Fortunately, I’ve learned not just how to work through the same issues, but to overcome them and have a peaceful, satisfying and fulfilling life. I’d be happy to tell you how I did that sometime, if you’d like,” rather than drown others with a load of hyperbole that goes far beyond your own experience to testify to.

Jesus didn’t speak with hyperbole, He just spoke. He spoke the truth. He did so simply and clearly. He did so motivated by love. And in that fashion, He changed the world.

Maybe that’s an example worth following.

Scotty