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Relying on God
Acts 17:25 '[God] has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need there is.' (New Living Translation)
 Some people assume that Bible-believing Christians are wary of anything new, anything 'cutting-edge'. Actually, faith in God inspires people to be inventive, to come up with new answers to real-world problems. From the Bible's point of view, technology only becomes unwelcome if we let it usurp the rightful place of God in our lives. In our fallen state, most of us want to escape the idea that we will answer to God for how we live. Deep down, we know we can't control God; we can't manipulate his thinking all his actions. So, we try to make gods of our own, gods that we can manage and fit neatly into our egocentric lifestyles. Our modern gods may not be made of stone and bronze as in ancient times, but they are idols nonetheless. Technology can become an idol, if we allow it to remove our reliance on God. We can place our faith in technology more than God. Living that way is very short sighted, for the Bible says that we depend on God for the very air we breathe. We need him far more than we realise; he is the source of even the smallest of the good things we enjoy every day. When we stop relying on God we reduce ourselves to something less than we were created to be, for we were made to emulate God. Every day, we need to practice relying on God. We need to bring our needs to him in prayer and consult his word for wisdom along the road of life. Then we can use techniques and tools as the helpful servants they should they, assisting us in our quest to honour God with our lives.
Prayer: 'Lord, I want to learn to the totally creative for you, using every available technique and tool to solve problems for people around me. Help me to use technologies well, honouring your name.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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