Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time—this Message that I proclaimed and that you made your own; this Message on which you took your stand and by which your life has been saved. (I’m assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy, that you’re in this for good and holding fast.) 1 Corinthians 15:1, 2 MSG

My teenagers like to quiz me on current slang. More often than not they’re teaching me something new, but sometimes I surprise them by already knowing the words they use and using them correctly in conversation. 

A few days ago I texted one of them that technology “did me dirty,” and the response I received was, “lol who taught you that?”

No one, child, because sometimes your mom just wakes up and slays like the queen she is!

Fads and slang come and go, and if you’ve been around more than a couple decades, you know that walking through stores is like a blast from the past. Everything from twenty years ago has cycled back into style, but give it a few years! Flared jeans and Jordans will be out again soon enough, and something else will take their place. “Rizz” and” baddie” will be replaced by new slang from younger generations soon enough, too, and the cycle will keep repeating itself.

In chapter 15 of his letter to the Corinthians, Paul reminds them of the Message he proclaimed to them, the Message that they heard and made their own, the Message that saved their lives.

I’m assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy, that you’re in this for good and holding fast (v2).

He’s confirming that this Message is not rife with slang, it’s not a fad, it’s not going to cycle in and out of style every couple of decades. This Message, this Savior, is the real thing, and it’s worth the Corinthians staking their lives on.

It’s worth us staking our lives on, too! This Message is firm and consistent, and being truly Hungry for a Savior means holding fast to it at all times, not just in seasons of stress or suffering. We can all likely look back at hard times where we were reading our Bibles and praying more, and attending church or small group more regularly. What happens when the hard times began to cycle out?

Fads come and go, but the Message never goes out of style. It isn’t about being cool or trendy, and it’s not to be a way to keep insiders in and outsiders out. The Message is about the truth, and it’s true whether you know what it means to slay or not!

Thank you, Father, for a Message so steady and true that it’s worth holding fast to in every season, no matter our circumstances. Amen.