Google it.
A long time ago... longer than I care to admit, if I were to ask a question and someone were to tell me to "Just Google it!" I would have had no idea what they were talking about.
Back in my day, we had no fancy internet...
I have come to realize I have crossed the point of no return... I am making the "Back in my day" statement quite often these days.
Back to "Google", what is that? It means to go online, open the search engine known as Google, and have it find the answer for you. As if the internet is the source of truth. As if that source can be trusted.
In Google we trust...
Now, I'm not against technology, after all, this blog is posted on the internet. But something struck me this morning while reading 1 Corinthians.
"The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person's thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. " 1 Cor 2:10-11 (NIV)
When we have a question, where do we go? What is our first stop on the path of wisdom?
Searching the internet is not a bad thing, but do we understand that we are searching the source of human knowledge when we do? Have we forgotten, as Paul clearly tells us, "We have the mind of Christ." 1 Cor 2:16 (NIV)
There are two sources of wisdom, God and man. The Word of God teaches us that we have access to a wealth of wisdom beyond limits. The pages of the Bible contain the very Words of God. The Spirit of God, living inside us, enables us to understand those words.
Let's try something this week. As the Word clearly tells us,
"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5 (NIV)
Save Google for finding funny cat videos.
