INSTAFY, INSTAFAME, INSTASIZE... ME
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat...
Social media has been at an all time high and with good reasons too! With modern day technological advances in new, corporations, and celebrity buzz, social media gives humanity the ability to connect around the world with up-to-the-minute information. From businesses to cities, social media has enabled people to be apart of something much greater; in a much quicker pace.
The concept (to a certain extent) is quite logical:
If one is able to provide a certain service that will satisfy, people will buy it!
If it’s well known, people will buy it!
And above all... If they can get it at a huge bargain, people will buy it!
This concept put humanity in charge of what they think is important to society because after all “without people... there will be nothing to share”. However, this way of producing will only work when the people are satisfied (in the present). Once they are satisfied, it is up to the producer to make the arrangements to keep people at that level of satisfaction. If not, it would just pass on as another memory.
Humanity feeds on instantaneous satisfaction rather than enduring progressive gain. Humanity wants the here-and-now more than enduring for long-term. Somehow, this same understanding has infiltrated within our spiritual lives.
Somehow, spiritual life has converted into spiritual media. We critique each other’s value in God with a standard of “superior holiness” and “a prosperous harvest”, that (in much cases) do not support biblical context, to dictate our lives.
We want a God who satisfies our wants (in the moment).
We want a God to give us “super-blessings”
We wants a God who makes our name great!
With this way of thinking, the end result in”just giving in to what the people want... to make them happy”. But theres a greater question to be asked...
What would Jesus do? Its probably the most famous, yet misunderstood phrase that believers (and non-believer) use. Notice, Jesus’ mission was never to “give the people what they wanted”. In the fall, humanity showed that we couldn’t survive on our own power (Genesis 3). Instead, Jesus understood that he must fulfill his father’s will, which was to save us from ourselves (John 6:40; 3:16). Jesus understood the power of wanting things his way (Luke 22:42), yet he submitted himself to the Father at all times. Jesus underwent the most difficult process known to man, yet trusted in God and remained true in spite what people around him would do.
This gives us a better understanding of our spiritual life. Jesus demonstrated that in submission to the Father, blessing and favor would be shown in its proper time. In our culture (sadly), fast pace and reaching new levels by personal power is praised. However, Jesus shows us that, in life, dependance and submission (no matter at what level) shows true Godly favor upon our spiritual lives.
In the end, the real question that we should be asking is: Am I seeking God for instant moments or for progressive gain? Am I trying to make my life great to God... or make the greatness of God impact my life?
What are your thoughts?
