It's the weekend. And, in my continuing effort to let go of the things in my life that keep me from being who I want to be, I focused my attention yesterday on the people and past times that I love. I didn't look at my computer, didn't talk on my cell phone, didn't go shopping, and didn't miss any of them. I no longer have a facebook page, so I couldn't look at it, and although my husband has a new Droid that he is completely enamored with, I stayed away from it and from the need to play with all the toys that come with it. Why, you may ask when these tools only enhance your ability to communicate would I turn them off. The answer is simple and it goes back to yesterday's verse:
Thou shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:3.
I had allowed the tools of technology to replace the lessons of life. And, in a way, to replace God in my hierarchy of need. If I could be in constant touch with people, then maybe I didn't need to spend time with God. And, in the busyness and noise of the tools I possessed, I couldn't hear his voice and realized that maybe I didn't want to. Maybe I didn't want to hear what he was telling me. Having things in my life that diverted my attention, kept me from doing what I knew God was calling me to do as explained in the following verse:
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10
If I took the time to be still as I know the Bible commands us to do, then I had to listen to what I had been feeling that God was telling me, and if I listened and heard, then I had to obey. What if that meant I had to change something about my life. Or more importantly about myself. Was I ready to commit to that? I just wasn't sure. But, I knew and know that what I am currently doing isn't working for me, so what choice did I have. I know that I am living outside where God wants me and I know that getting back to my place in him could be painful emotionally and will leave me a different person. Am I willing to go there now? With all the tugs on my life already am I really ready to expose myself to becoming who He wants me to be instead of who I am comfortable being?
That's lesson 2, isn't it?
2. Be still and hear His voice. You are only living a life that is of value when you are living the life God has called you to live.
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Are we managing technology, or is it manageing us? Technological advances have had so many positive effects on our lives, but they have had negative effects as well. Have you been the recipient or sender of one of those emails with a tone you would not use in person? "THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!", well, is not acceptable--in email or in person. Who does the person sending this to me think he or she is? Do they think they are some kind of god? Do they know with what I am dealing? No, but God does. He is mighty; you are not. Accept it. Embrace it. Live it. Share it.
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