A song by Jimmy Needham says "Clear the stage and set the sounds and lights ablaze, if that's the measure you must take to crush the idols." It can be taken in a religious/spiritual way but it's something I tend to struggle with overall in
everyday life. Every single day I'm occupied with responsibilities and obligations. Whether it's my role as a student, a son, an athlete, or even a worship leader, sometimes I just lose a sense of the things that matter. Sometimes my priorities get out of order and I find myself lost and confused.
I guess "clearing the stage" could be interpreted as taking out all the unnecessary and extra things. It could be a call to return to simplicity or a call to return to the basics. It's easy to begin to prioritize things that don't really matter in life when you lose sight of the things that have gotten you this far. Whether it's popularity or social media or even material things, it'll never be enough to satisfy the things that have brought us this far. I guess in my own life I struggle with putting social media over more important things. I've created this idea that if I was popular online, it would translate into the real world. But the reality is that I'm continuously losing sight of the things that once mattered to me most.
Life is too short to live for the unimportant things. The things that matter are the things that you'll be remembered for. You won't be remembered for how many followers you had or the number of likes you got on a picture, but instead, for the impact you had on others and society. Maybe clearing the stage and returning to simplicity is a way of accomplishing that. I truly believe that once we return to the basics, everything else will follow through.
