A
thought by Craig Groeschel (2015-10-27) from his book, #Struggles: Following Jesus in a Selfie-Centered World (p. 20).
Zondervan. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to
buy the book.)
I love
Social Media. It is a tremendous vehicle
to do so many things. But as Craig in
his new book that I am now reading says, “You love technology and all it
offers. But you also hate it.”
He goes on, “I
can’t prove this, but I have some theories, which I’ll be sharing, about why we
hate social media. In a nutshell, it makes everything so much about us. We’re
sucked into measuring our lives by how many followers we have and who they are.
We want to believe we’re not the sum of the Likes our last post received, but
it still feels like those little clicks matter. The odd thing is the more we
focus on our selves, the less satisfied we feel. And the more we’re consumed
with the things of this earth, the more we feel empty.”
He also
said, “Even if you’ve never tweeted, posted, uploaded, or commented, you still
live in a selfie-centered world. And in your heart, you know there’s more than
what you see.”
And that is
so true. He says, “The reason is that we
were created for more— much more. We were created not for earth but for
eternity. We were created not to be
Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves
but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to
follow Christ.”
He then
says, “It’s time to put technology back in its place. It’s time to love God
with our whole hearts.”
It has its
place but it never can take the place of what God wants to do in your
life.
So what is controlling
you – Like or love?
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