I heard someone last week say, “Whatever you look at the most gets in you.” Meaning, whatever we watch, read or see the most gets ingrained in our brains…in our spirit…in our soul. Oh, how true! We fill our spiritual tanks with so much garbage most days. By the end of the day, we are sputtering and if you are like me, ready to crash! I know how easy it is to get wrapped up in other peoples lives on Facebook that we miss out on living our own. We can focus on not missing an episode of “This is Us” that we forget who we really are! How many times have you read a book and couldn’t put it down? The plot was so thick you just couldn’t wait to finish…or if you hate reading, what about binge-watching entire seasons on Netflix.
Yep. We all fall somewhere in one of the scenarios I described. We are surrounded by so many distractions from technology. Oh it’s wonderful…I can attest to it being a blessing at times…and not having power for a few days from recent snowstorms and seeing some friends and family about lose their Jesus, shows we are so spoiled. We got to have it. We need it.
Well, I pose a few questions. What if we needed God’s Word like we needed Facebook? What if we couldn’t put down the Bible because the plot was so thick we couldn’t wait to get to the next chapter? What is we binge-watched God-inspired sermons to strengthen our walk with God and fortify our soul? Why don’t we want to saturate our lives with the things of the Lord? We can spend hours watching online makeup tutorials, but concealer doesn’t work with God. I’m not saying we should not read other books, watch television or have social media…but I am saying we should always keep our priorities in check. What we put our energy into becomes us. God sees our hearts. He knows where our priorities lie and he wants us to put Him first. Everything else should be second to Him. Is putting God first easy? No. It requires dying to self, which if I am being honest, isn’t always fun. It can suck sometimes, because we are selfish. But remember, if you are a follower of Christ, this life isn’t about you…it’s about Him.
Jesus.
I say, “Fill ‘er up, Lord”!
