So as I am on my phone and reading the latest Twitter and Facebook feeds, a thought jumped in my mind: does my time looking at social media outlets (Facebook and Twitter in my case, there are many others out there) outweigh the time I spend praying/bible reading? In my life, probably not. Now understand this is not a social media bashfest…this is a perspective-bringing thought.
If you are like me, you have a phone capable of a Facebook or Twitter app. These are definitely great and can be used beneficially. If you have a Blackberry, iPhone, or Android phone chances are there is a bible app. YouVersion offers a great program with several translations so even all you KJV peeps can still get your thee’s and thou’s in. (no offense meant by that statement, but I don’t really know many who actually still like that translation)
What is my purpose in telling you this? I have read from Romans up to Revelation (on chapter 4 right now) in just a month or so. When I awake in the morning, I try to read a chapter a day if possible. It made it easy for me to read, even at times provoked some thought of what I had read, which is the goal of Bible reading because that leads to it affecting your life and changing you. I am not super holy but I understand the need for bible reading.
For those who don’t have a phone capable, there are many sites that have the Bible as their primary focus. Biblegateway.com is one I use, but I’m sure there are other good ones. Maybe even use social media outlets to express/share what you’ve been reading. All it can do is help you and maybe someone else who might come across the verse you posted. This will help us be good stewards of our handheld devices and allow us to take in God’s Word and also use those social media outlets beneficial to us and the others who read our posts.
So over the next week let’s challenge ourselves to try and limit our browsing/lurking of Facebook/Twitter and absorb God’s Word and allow it to change our lives.
