What does your Social Media say about you?
9/29/2019
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (KJV)
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
The BOLD is mine.
I was rereading some emails that I have received over the years and found one from March 21, 2016. Brother Thom S. Rainer (https://thomrainer.com/2016/03/ten-commandments-for-pastors-politics-and-social-media/) about ten commandments that we all need to add to the ones that God gave Moses on the Mountain.
God gave us a list of things that is important for each of us that want to make Heaven our home for eternity. Then Jesus summed it up in Matthew 22:37-40. I really like what Jesus states in verse 40 “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
However, it seems that modern “man” needs some encouragement on how we should live. If you have a “facebook” account you can read things that are funny, educational, gross, and even some that invade your privacy. There are things, which we need to have control over in all of our communications. What is more important? The things you post on the internet should show the person you are and Christ shining through you. Brother Rainer’s 10 Commandments talk about this area of our lives.
If you post anything on social media you might want to read Brother Rainer’s article and do some praying over what you read. I really, like what he writes under #10. “Make certain the words are worth the price that is paid.”
C.I. Wilson