Upside Down

When I read this morning about the attacks upon the people of God in Acts 17, one phrase really stuck out to me.  It is found in Acts 17:6-7-  And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, ⁷ and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.”  It immediately reminded me of a song that was written by Gary Driskell years ago and performed by Truth, 4Him, and Russ Lee. Read these lyrics:

"LIVING LIFE UPSIDE DOWN"
John has a new way of looking at life / He's tired of his job, his kids and his wife
He says the secret to his success/  Was in leaving and finding himself
Now he's someone to somebody else. And you say we've risen to a new age of truth /  You're calling it a spiritual Godly pursuit
But I say, I say,/  (chorus)
What if we've fallen to the bottom of a well/  Thinking we've risen to the top of a mountain
What if we're knocking at the gates of hell / Thinking we're heaven bound
What if we spend our lives thinking of ourselves /  When we should have been thinking of each other
What if we reach up and touch the ground / To find we're living life upside down.

We've got a program for saving the earth/ While unborn children are denied their right to birth
One baby's blessed, another cursed/ Have we made this world better or worse
Now that the life of a tree comes first /  And you say we've risen to a new age of light
You're telling me what used to be wrong is now right/  But I say, I say,  (repeat chorus)

What if we're living, what if we're living, /  What if we're living life upside down.

It is our job to be salt to the earth and light to the world and to turn everything on its head by presenting the world changing Gospel of Christ.  It is only by turning it on its head that it is properly aligned with these other king....Jesus!  Honor Him today by standing strong in the midst of the aggressive tide aimed the wrong way!