Getting excited!

When Simon saw that the apostles by merely laying on hands conferred the Spirit, he pulled out his money, excited, and said, "Sell me your secret! Show me how you did that! How much do you want? Name your price!" Acts 8:18-19 (The Message)

Simon got excited that he might have discovered some new kind of magic trick. He was willing to pay money to learn how to do what the apostles were doing … and it got me thinking … What gets us excited?

Can we make a list of those things in this life that gets us excited?

Sporting event?

A good meal?

Being together with our special someone?

Visiting with our grandchildren?

Is it something that we are willing to pay money to get? … regardless of the cost?

I mean … real excited … racing heart, quick pulse, cannot sleep, jump up and down excited?

Bill Gaither wrote a gospel song about getting excited:
Get all excited go tell everybody that Jesus Christ is King, I said get all excited go tell everybody that Jesus Christ is King, Get all excited go tell everybody that Jesus Christ is King, Jesus Christ is still the King of king's

You talk about people you talk about thing's that really aren't important at all ... you talk about weather you talk about problems we have here at home and abroad

Oh, we speak about getting excited about this or about that … but words are cheap and not often backed up by our actions.

If we were visited by “Mr- Hunk-Movie-Star” or “Miss-Knock-Your-Socks-Off-Of-World-Beauty-Queen-Winner” we would be so excited that everyone, including the strangers at our door, would hear about. We would be so excited that it would last for at least a week, if not longer.

So why don’t we feel the same way about Jesus?