Hello, friends. How are you? Hope you’re well.
Alright.. Time to explain what exactly I mean by this title.
A little while ago I was scrolling through Tumblr, and a thought crossed my mind..
"I wonder what Jesus would say if He saw my tumblr?”
Hmm. I wonder. Than I begin to think,
“And what about Facebook? Instagram? What if Jesus followed me on Twitter? What would He have to say about it?”
Huh. I wonder.
The thing is..
Jesus DOES follow me on Twitter.
Obviously, Jesus is not sitting in Starbucks on his iPhone reading Twitter. But, He DOES see every move I make. He knows every move we’re going to make before we even make it.
So, that includes the fact that Jesus sees every status update, every photo, and every tweet.
How does that make you feel?
No, really, I want you to give that some thought.
The fact that Jesus Himself can see every single everything you post, and look at on every social media website you have.
I hope to most of you, this wouldn’t really.. Bother you. Why should it?
I mean, personally, I don’t mind Jesus seeing the Switchfoot pictures I see on Tumblr and the recipes on Pinterest and the sunsets and food on Instagram. Absolutely does not bother me.
But.. You think I’ve ever tweeted something that would offend Jesus? Nothing really comes to mind. But it can’t help make you think, you know?
Have you ever posted or looked at something you think would offend Jesus? Make Him disappointed?
I’m absolutely not pointing fingers at you - don’t want you to think you’re a horrible person. Because, if you’re reading this, you’re absolutely not a bad person. But I do think that we’re all human, and we need the occasional wake up call.
I mean, I wouldn’t be posting this if it wasn’t because it’s something I’m not passionate about.
The point I'm trying to get across, is -
We get so caught up in all this technological, social media, stuff, that we forget that Jesus is right there in the middle of it. You know what I'm saying?
Amongst all our status updates and tweets and selfies, we forget that Christ is RIGHT THERE. Ya know? He sees everything we do. He's insanely involved with us and everything we do even when we don't realize it.
Just because I think if something isn't physical, it's more than easy for us to just simply forget. And that's what happens with Christ - our iPhones are sitting right there, we can see it. But Jesus is sitting right there, too.
This has turned into kind of a two-for-one-lesson blog.
First point:
Jesus follows us on Twitter. He knows exactly what we do before we even think up doing it. Which, I know for me, is a wake up call of sorts.
Second point:
Jesus is RIGHT THERE. Can you imagine how much more time we could all spend with Christ or doing things for Christ, if we just got off Twitter?
To focus on the second point for a moment:
I've realized lately, and today, especially, that I would have so much more free time if I just got off my phone.
Seriously, I don't know if I'd wanna know how much time I spend on this thing a day. HOURS. I mean, HOURS! I would have HOURS of free time?! IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES YOU GUYS!
In all seriousness, the second point I want to get across is this:
We need to put down the phones and pick up the Bibles.
I know what you're thinking,
"Oh, but Allie, I have a Bible app. See? Phones are great. I can take the Bible with me wherever I go and access it at the tap of a button. HA."
Yes, I get your point. That's wonderful, that's a huge blessing to have a Bible right with you at any time.
But would you say you look at it more than Twitter?
Hmm?
Again, totally not judging you. I'm just saying - the fact that social media is ahead of Jesus in our minds is a BAD. THING.
Social media can be a huge blessing. Of course, it can keep you up to date with things that you wouldn't know otherwise.
BUT.
When our iPhones become higher on the list than Jesus, it becomes something we worship.
(Sorry, this blog is about to get a lot longer. Didn't mean for it to. Sorry kids.)
Speaking of which, I've been reading "Gods at War" by Kyle Idleman since it came out a few weeks back. (Haven't read it much lately.. Mental note to do that.)
And it made a HUGE, pivotal point:
Just in the example of social media, it shouldn't be higher on the list. In fact - there shouldn't BE a list. It should just be Jesus.
OKAY. Totally getting off the beaten path here. This is like three blogs in one. I'll wrap up.
Jesus follows us on Twitter, and in our every movement. And the point is, we need to acknowledge that.
Jesus is here. With us. Right now. Let's acknowledge that.
Peace, love, faith and Switchfoot,
-Allie.
