Play God Day (2 of 5)
Series: Holiday Madness in January
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:1-6
This is the 2nd in our series of ''holidays'' in January you probably haven't heard of.
This one is called the ''Play God Day'' and its ''observed'' on January 9th each year.
According to www.cute_calendar.com:
''The day encourages you to do something nice for someone to make someone's day better and brighter. On this day you don't have to perform miracles, it is enough to do something simple.''
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-god-day/observes
''The concept of Play God Day is pretty simple. What would you do if you were god for a day? If you were god how would you change the world? If you had the place of the higher being you could set right all the wrongs you see in the world - and that is the theme and purpose for this day.''
Of course, that could all depend on what god you wanted to be.
One man joked: ''A miffed Greek god was able to hurl thunderbolts down from Olympus and incinerate mortals. (So you might) try to shuffle your shoes on the carpet and then touch someone ... making a teeny-tiny, itty-bitty thunderbolt between your pointing finger and your victim's neck.''
Now, I've got nothing against this ''holiday'' - any day that dedicates itself to encouraging people to ''do something nice for someone else'' can't be all bad. But I got to thinking about Play God Day, and I began to realize that most people don't need any encouragement ''playing God.'' It's a natural human tendency...and the 1st shadow of that tendency shows up way back in the garden when Satan tempted Eve
Satan casually begins to put doubt in Eve's mind: ''Did God REALLY say...'' and then he directly accuses God of lying: ''... God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God...'' Genesis 3:5
And we're told that she gave in to the temptation ''when (she) saw that the fruit of the tree was ... (amongst other things) desirable for gaining wisdom, ...
Series: Holiday Madness in January
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:1-6
This is the 2nd in our series of ''holidays'' in January you probably haven't heard of.
This one is called the ''Play God Day'' and its ''observed'' on January 9th each year.
According to www.cute_calendar.com:
''The day encourages you to do something nice for someone to make someone's day better and brighter. On this day you don't have to perform miracles, it is enough to do something simple.''
www.daysoftheyear.com/days/play-god-day/observes
''The concept of Play God Day is pretty simple. What would you do if you were god for a day? If you were god how would you change the world? If you had the place of the higher being you could set right all the wrongs you see in the world - and that is the theme and purpose for this day.''
Of course, that could all depend on what god you wanted to be.
One man joked: ''A miffed Greek god was able to hurl thunderbolts down from Olympus and incinerate mortals. (So you might) try to shuffle your shoes on the carpet and then touch someone ... making a teeny-tiny, itty-bitty thunderbolt between your pointing finger and your victim's neck.''
Now, I've got nothing against this ''holiday'' - any day that dedicates itself to encouraging people to ''do something nice for someone else'' can't be all bad. But I got to thinking about Play God Day, and I began to realize that most people don't need any encouragement ''playing God.'' It's a natural human tendency...and the 1st shadow of that tendency shows up way back in the garden when Satan tempted Eve
Satan casually begins to put doubt in Eve's mind: ''Did God REALLY say...'' and then he directly accuses God of lying: ''... God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God...'' Genesis 3:5
And we're told that she gave in to the temptation ''when (she) saw that the fruit of the tree was ... (amongst other things) desirable for gaining wisdom, ...
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