Turning From Useless Things

"Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living GOD, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them..." Acts 14:15 

Don't think that it is just heathen illiterates that follow after the vain traditions of their ancestors. All over the world, it's not only the poor and uneducated, but the rich, the very highly educated, and some of the world's most prominent leaders who are following a set of rules and traditions which they truly believe they are supposed to do in order to be pleasing to their "gods". Thank the Lord for men like Paul, who had the courage in the Lord to speak directly to the issues that were keeping the people in bondage, that they should turn from useless things to the living GOD. 

Do you think that there are any useless things, useless traditions which have people in bondage in America also? Think about the things which you are doing, that you are watching, that you are listening to, that you are spending your money on...in light of eternity, is there any real value in those things? Is there any real or lasting happiness in those things? In the end, do those things have any more real value than the things which these people are doing in the photo?