Seven years ago Facebook changed the way we interact with one another. Six years ago YouTube began to transform the way we view the world. Eight years ago Google started a new way to find what you want to know. Four years ago the iPhone changed the way we use our cellphones.
Today in America we rely on technology.
Whether we are riding in our cars listening to Facebook updates in our new Chevy, or in our home watching some idiot hit himself on YouTube, or even sitting in the bathroom texting our best friend about plans for the day. We can’t live without it.
This is not a bad thing. from Franklin with electricity, to Edison with the lightbulb, or Bell with the telephone. Men all through history have constantly been finding things to improve or discover.
Why should we expect different from this generation?
Some religious people actually believe that the advancement of ourselves is a bad thing, for an extreme example, the Amish. They have actually cut themselves off from technology as a whole. They hold to the fact that the Bible states that. “We as Christians should be in the world but not of it.”
On the other side however there are men like Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft and Steve Jobs the CEO of Apple, that state that without these advancements we would never improve as a society.
There are however people in the middle like Lauren King a mother of three who says that there is such thing as being over reliant on technology. We need to control ourselves and our time. She thinks that it is bad when one of her kids doesn’t know how to read a map because the GPS in her car always tells them where to go.
I tend to side with Lauren. We need to watch how much we use technology. We need to step away from relying on technology and instead, use it as a tool of self betterment.
In our world today kids have killed themselves or other people over video games. We have become a society that is absorbed in technology and letting it rule us, instead of using it, as an aid to furthering ourselves. We must evaluate ourselves and see if we are addicted to the technology, or if we still have control over our usage. If we are addicted, we need to have enough strength to step back and take time off from such things as; Facebook, Google, YouTube, and even *gasp* the iPhone.
When we decide that we have had enough, that we are not held down by this technology, maybe God can start showing us how to use it to better our society for Him. We are so self-absorbed by what we want and need, instead of what He wants, hence the names; FACEbook, MYspace, YOUtube, and iPhone. We can’t even bear the thought of actually being without these things even for a moment.
When will we start crying out for a change? Not be a generation of screen watchers but be a generation on fire for what is right and moral in God’s eyes. To not care so much about what your friends are saying on Facebook or the newest app on your iPhone. But care more about what the Word of God says and how it applies to your life.
It is time for this generation to shout a battle cry! For us to actually live up to the name of World Shakers.
When will we divert your attention from a computer screen to the real live person who is going to die without you telling them the truth about Jesus? When will we start using the technology around us to further His truth and love?
Awesome Daniel! My thoughts exactly! Sometimes I get so fed up with how dependent we have become on technology! Finding a way to use it for God’s glory is the key!
Keep the awesome blogs coming! I really enjoy readin them!
PK,
I think this hits home for me as a mom I need to teach my children to rely on god and use the technology given to us to make the world a better place and reach gods people that are crying out for his love <3 Thank you so much for this post it is great you are a wise man!
I agree whole hearted you are right! We need to remeber that even though we will live in a time of great technological advances we should have old fashion home morals and teach kids the basics like maps and how to read a real clock lol
Carla thank you for the encouraging words and agreement. Just a quick thing though. This I Pastor Kirk’s son Daniel. I was the one who wrote the blog.
Daniel this is very good – But did you also put in HARD COPY – in the paper – ? LOL this is a techno blog- no? Take care
Well in the Blog I stated that technology isn’t bad at all. It’s when we are addicted to it when we get in trouble. But to use it in a blog where you are crying out for your generation I see no problem in using the tools God gave us.
Daniel – I didn’t say you shouldn’t post it on the blog my point was there are many in your generation and thoes before you who don’t blog or even use the computer but the idea is to reach everyone – not just the technos ~ Yes? It is a good blog- not critisizing you in any way shape or form .
Great thoughts Dan!