We were having breakfast at Denny’s this morning with friends when I recognized a semi-famous film star eating in the booth next to us. It took my brain just a few seconds of running through its Rolodex files to identify him. Later when I looked up his bio on the Internet I discovered we are just weeks apart in age. It’s amazing what a really good face job and well dyed hair can do. I definitely show more wear and tear than he.
I wonder what it is like to be semi-famous; always the co-star and never the protagonist. Surely it has its advantages. The pay should be very good and yet he can eat a quiet breakfast at Denny’s without having people pester him for an autograph. But does he ever wish that just once he could have top billing?
There is a wonderful verse in Revelation 3 that says, “He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.” Just imagine the Creator of the universe personally presenting your name before His heavenly Father. This is top billing. This is being famous where it counts. This is so much better than having a Wikipedia page, an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy or whatever fleeting human award one could receive. It’s truly grand to have friends in high places and this is as high as it gets. Never forget John 15:14. “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.” And what has He commanded? “A new command I give you: love one another. As I have loved you . . .” John 13:34
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 7, 2011
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