For the past several days I’ve been inundated with suggestions that I need to go to You Tube and watch the video of Susan Boyle singing on Britain’s Got Talent reality show. “It’s so amazing!” “It will blow you away!” “It will change your life!” “You’ll be able to see into the future!” Okay, maybe I exaggerated a bit there at the end, but nonetheless, friends, talk show host, news personalities and all in between urged me to watch this video. Why, because we love fascinating people. There’s a reason we, at least many of us, have become enamored with reality shows. American Idol, Biggest Looser, Survivor, Dancing with the Stars, The Real World, The Real Housewives and the list goes on and on and on and on for crying out loud. We love to watch people because people are fascinating. Their personalities, backgrounds, hopes, dreams, setbacks, and stories keep millions of Americans riveted to their televisions each week. We talk about them at work. We comment about them on Facebook. Some actually spend time and money to vote for their favorite reality star. People are fascinating.
I want to submit that you don’t have to look to reality T.V. to find fascinating people. God has put 6.7 billion people on this world and each and every one of them is fascinating. Each and every one of them was created by God and is their own reality star. Too often we miss out on getting to know these fascinating people because we’ve crammed our calendars full. The gospel is for people and is to be shared by people, fascinating people. Get to know someone this week. Listen to their stories. Find points of commonality. You might just make a friend. If we will take the time to know and love God’s fascinating people, the opportunities to share with them the good news of Jesus Christ will abound.
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