What we want to do in this devotional is provide a few ways we can approach social media from a spiritual lens.
Here is a spiritual checkup we can use to reflect on what our social media usage might be telling us about our hearts.
The Bible teaches how to build confidence in God, not self.
With secure confidence in the saving power of God, we tightly grip the “sword of the Spirit”, which is God’s Word, and then march forward in our fight to rescue others from the darkness.
Pray about your lack of trust in God. What areas of your life are you unwilling to trust God with, and how has this affected your desire to pray? How has it affected your desire to read your Bible?
Jesus's confidence was in God, so when people were fickle he remained faithful, which is why I think so many people found him attractive. We must read the scriptures with greater intensity to learn this confidence, so we continue to keep the dream of Jesus alive and build his kingdom, regardless of whether we are many or few, important or irrelevant, succeeding or failing, being criticized or praised.
God exerts and expresses an unwavering perseverance when he sees our good days having gone bad. He doesn’t stop loving us when we fail, sin, or give up.
This is a lesson for all of us about running and quitting. Before we “give up the ghost,” maybe we should check with God to find out if he has a plan.
The goal for today is to prepare your heart and mind to let go, whoever it is against, whatever was done, and wherever it happened.
There is one thing to remember about God: when he speaks, more often than not, it is in a whisper.
When we pray and hear our own emotions, we often identify the raging irrationality of what we are saying, and are surprised by the gentleness of God who listens, then draws even closer to us, because of our emotional honesty.
We can be sure of is this, no matter how far we run or how much we sleep, God will keep waking us up.
