Facebook is Modern Worship

In our world of technology and advancements, social interaction is at the tip of our fingers.  With just the click of a button, we can have hundreds and thousands of friends and followers from all over the world.  50 years ago this kind of online socializing couldn't even be imagined.  Places like Facebook and Twitter have made the impossible, possible.

There's only one problem.  Online, we can "appear" to be whoever we want.  We can claim to have hundreds of friends who "like" us.  In reality, do they really even know us.  We choose just the right picture to make us look like just the right person.  We update everyone with pictures, statuses, and quotes as if we were a famous celebrity.  Our lives could be falling apart at home but online we are cool, calm, and collect.  We put an image out there of something we are not.

Paul found the Christians in Galatia in the same state.  They were trying to appear holy and righteous according to their good works.  He was disappointed because this was not the freedom they were called to.  This was not  the gospel he preached.  They were wasting their time trying to prove themselves to be something they could never be: perfect.

He exclaims to them again that the Christian life is all about loving, savoring, and worshiping Jesus.  He wants them to accept who they are and what Christ has done on their behalf regardless of their sinful nature.  In that, there is true freedom to do the things God truly desires (v. 14-15: love one another).

Today we are in the same predicament.  We are constantly trying to upgrade ourselves in order to make us appear better than we really are.  This attempt at showing off ourselves is idolatry at best.  We are worshiping ourselves.  It's like a rotting log in the woods.  On the topside, it can be very beautiful in a natural wilderness kind-of-way.  But, if you roll the log over, it is rotten, there are bugs and slime, and you may even find a predator you're not expecting.  Jesus Christ has the ability to make your weaknesses your greatest features but he bids you to come and die in order that you may find true life.  Only He can take the emptiness that is inside of you and make it good.  Only when you trust Him, can you truly reflect outwardly what is happening inwardly.

Is your life beautiful on the outside but empty inside?  Is your worship and love for Jesus only as true as your friends and status on Facebook?  Is your love for Christ only skin deep? This is not how it was meant to be.  Claim the freedom, life, and love He offers by trusting that only He can give you something worth more than Facebook, Twitter, your image, and even the world.