stolen spotlight

"Taylor, I’m really happy for you and imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!"

First, I'll say that this is a little bit delayed... I mean, it happened almost a month ago. But I was thinking about it today...

I heard someone say that it wasn't whatKanye said. It was when he said it. They said that his message wasn't necessarily bad (the message being "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time"), just that he delivered it in the middle of someone else's acceptance speech. Had he said this same thing at another time, it would have been fine.

The message of Christ is similar to Beyonce's music video. Too often, it seems that Christians choose the wrong opportunity to share Christ with others or put him on display. Kanye interrupting Taylor Swift is like the guys I saw outside of a sporting event a few years back. They were literally yelling at the fans as they left the game, telling everyone within earshot that they were going to hell and needed to repent.

The message was essentially: "Jesus came to save you." The message is true! The timing is... not. Ephesians 4:15 (NLT) says "speak the truth in love."

We have the choice. Steal the spotlight and force people to hear our message or earn the audience's respect and attention and then share the message of Christ in love.

Learn from Kanye's mistake. People don't respect the message that's given in a stolen spotlight.