In a conversation with a very dear friend over 20 years ago, Freddie Perrin who is now deceased, the question "should Christians leave the entertainment business" came up. Freddie said to me "Ron think about it, if all the Christians left the business it would really go to the dogs". Just as in if all Christians left the practice of law, the government, the food industry, or any other industry you
can think of. One of the few things, other than getting caught, that encourages people to use some sort of ethics in the way they treat and service people is some sort of fear of God. Freddie and Chris Perrin were songwriters and producers for many years as well as very devout Christians. Freddie was the writer of Gloria Gaynors I Will Survive as well as many others. On another occassion he and I were listening to a recorded concert of a genre of music I just love and I said to him "if I had a choice that's what I would play". The concert ended, we sat in silence for a while and then he said "you know Ron, you do have a choice". The majority of us fall into a mold or image of what's currently accepted and does what everyone else does. A lot of us deny the vision that God gives us and think that it won't work. Well, why would God inspire you to do something that won't work. I'm not saying that everything you do that works was inspired by God and I also don't believe that everyone was called to work in the church building. Many of you know who I'm talking to. Arts and Entertainmenment is not for everyone just as Aerospace Engineering is not for everyone. God knows who is best suited for what and certatinly He can get you into "your" position. Unless you work in a ministry, any place you work will be "worldly" and filled with people living out their lives in the flesh. Bank of America, AT&T, McDonald's, Ralph's Supermarkets, Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Universal Studios, ABC, etc. No matter where you go you are God's Property and your life and character should be influenced by the word of God. You shouldn't lie, steal, cheat, fornicate, commit Adultry, be a back stabber, covet or extort (1Cor. 6:9,10), 'cause you trustin' God for yours and He will make it happen. You may not be the most popular but you can accomplish your dreams and goals because God is a rewarder (not a curser) of those who seek first His kingdom or His way of doing things (Mat. 6:33). "Well Ron if I start living like that I won't get anywhere, I won't be able to do anything, everybody will just run over me". The Bible says that God is Love (1 John 4:8), it also says that God is not mocked (Gal. 6:7) "whatever a man sows, that will he reap". No one just gets away with anything. When I made the decision to live for Jesus, I was done wrong, treated unfairly, seemingly overlooked. but as time has passed I have lived to see much of my reward come to pass but more importantly, I have seen "THAT NO ONE GETS AWAY WITH ANYTHING".
