How Are You Doing with Technology?

Technology.

 In the 1960s technology would mean a telephone with a cord connected to the wall, a color television, a toaster, a radio, record player and electricity in every room. That was suburban life. As a child, I would play outside all day and ate only two maybe three meals a day with a rare treat every now and then. 

Living near Edwards Air Force Base, I also had the added attraction of people flying in airplanes t break the sound barrier resulting in sonic booms shaking windows violently.

My father was a jet propulsion lab engineer. He would sometimes take my older sister, Dawn and me to where he worked at Edwards Air Force Base. It is there that we saw our first computers. We saw huge reels of film resembling old movie machines taking up entire walls in a room. 

Today, we have in our hand technology more complex than the rockets designed to land a man on the moon in 1969. Mobile phones are our phones, entertainment, encyclopedia, yellow and white pages, and to some, a companion. 

These machines promise to make our lives easier, but in the end makes us feel overwhelmed with the amount of information flooding our senses, where silence feels foreign to us. 

Would you be surprised to know that the civilization we live in today was prophesized around 2,700 years ago in Babylon, now called Iraq. The prophet is the Hebrew prophet Daniel, kidnapped from Israel and transported 1000 miles north to become a eunuch of King Nebuchadnezzar. There he would stay for the rest of his life staying faithful to his God till his dying breath. His faithfulness was rewarded by having heavenly visitations from angels, and a man in linen who is hovering over the water (hmm, sounds like Jesus walking on the water right?).  Daniel wrote of what he witnessed of the end of days. In the last chapter it is written

    "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end;                         many shall run to and from and knowledge shall increase." Daniel 12:4   

Yes, knowledge will increase, people will be communicating and traveling all over the world. Also, things will breakdown. Relationships, businesses, buildings, nature, all breaking down. Whether we like it or not, the second rule of thermodynamics is working on our culture, no matter how much technology and knowledge we obtain, we still age, machines break down, objects are subject to erosion and breaking down; case in point, we need to replace our computers every 5-10 years, and our cars every 10 to 20 years. Old buildings will need scaffolding, and our earthly bodies will eventually break down.  

However, we are made in the image of almighty God, we have a soul that can communicate with the almighty God. However, our sinful choices lead us away from God. That's why Jesus, who was God in human flesh, came to earth to be one of us but was without sin. He let himself die in our place to bring us into relationship with God again. Through Jesus, we find out why we were created, and how precious we are to God. 

Ask Jesus to make Himself known to you. Bring Him into every area of your life. Most importantly, turn from behaviors, people and things that do not glorify Him. Jesus can help you turn from sin and be the person you were created to be. 

If you need a mentor or have questions, please let me know in the comments. I will be happy to talk with you.