Times Change...God Does Not

At the age of 41 I have already seen so much change in my life. I've seen technology come into the picture during my life, and then watched it just take off. I've watched things that used to take forever become so quick and so easy. I've watched the ability to keep in touch go from a letter in the mail, to a face to face video phone call with someone on the other side of the world. It's all pretty amazing stuff and I appreciate how much technology has advanced out lives. However, we have to be careful that because we watch technology change our lives, that we don't become demanding and expecting from God the way we do technology. We've gotten the point in our society that if something takes 1 minute and we feel like it should have only taken 30 seconds, then we get upset about it. As much of a fan as I am of technology, I don't ever want to cause me to have unreal expectations from God. My prayers to Him cannot be like an email that I send off and expect an answer NOW. My praises to Him can't be like checking Facebook, just something a do for a few minutes throughout the day. My time in the Word can't be like checking my Instagram, where I just skim through it for a few minutes and then I'm done. God deserves our undivided attention. We cannot forget the words in Psalms 145:3, which says "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable". He is worthy and deserving of more than we give to anything else.

God's Word tells us that God's timing is always perfect. (Psalms 27:41, Ecclesiastes 8:6, Proverbs 3:5-6) And by perfect it means it cannot be rushed, we cannot grow weary while we wait and we must trust Him. Just because our world has changed and become so rushed, demanding and impatient, it doesn't mean that God now moves faster than He ever has because He needs to keep up with the changing times. He is who He has always been and He will do things the way He has always done them. It is the number one thing that establishes trust between us and God, simply waiting and believing on Him and in Him.

Again, let me say that I love technology. I work in it for a living every day of my life. I love the fact that I can have my bible right on my phone and I can pull it out to reference or read any time I want. But again, this can't become my "time with God". We can become so accustom to squeezing things in like checking our emails, Facebook, iMessages, Twitter feeds, Instagram or whatever when we "have time" that if we are not careful we will find that we are doing the same thing to God...just squeezing Him in when we have time. God wants us to take time to be with Him....make time to be with Him...and then trust Him enough that we wait on His perfect timing when He is moving in our lives. And please always remember, the more you are where He wants you to be in your life, the more you are giving Him the ability to move freely in your life. You can't give Him little and expect much. It just doesn't work that way.

God, thank You that You have given us such intelligence to create the technology around us. We give you all the honor and the glory for what You have allowed man to create. Please help us to alway use it for good, but also not to let it change our time with You, our devotion to You, or our expectations from You. You are God and You do not just deserve a "place" in our life, You deserve ALL of our life. Correct us today in the areas where we need it and guide us to the exact place that You want us. In Jesus name, Amen