seen, heard, conceived

This is the thirteenth of 21 posts serving as a devotional and prayer guide building up to the launch of creativecommunity.tv on Saturday November 6th.

I remember the first time that I heard of twitter. It sounded like the stupidest idea that I had ever heard of. Facebook; that seemed like a complete waste of time. Youtube; who would want to watch silly home videos that weren’t narrated by Bob Saget?

These mediums today are as much or more valid as your television and radio. Millions of people subscribe to these media outlets and spend hours every week updating their status and following other people.

And who knows what’s next? How long ago did you buy your cell phone? If you bought it more than six months ago it’s probably already outdated and will soon become a “dinosaur”. That new television that you’re still making payments on, is it internet ready, 3D capable, and weigh less than one of the Olsen twins. (That’s two Full House references on the same day!) If not. it’s already old technology.

How about the church? How often do we look at our systems, ways we communicate, and mediums that we use to deliver our message and ask if they are still effective. The lazy answer is to say, “We have the Holy Spirit, we don’t need that stuff.” Yet you have a new laptop, latest cell phone, and are saving for your next GPS... sounds hypocritical.

1 Corinthians 2:9 says that, “No eye has seen, no ear had heard, and no mind has conceived what God has in store...” God and the people of God don’t have to be a decade behind culture, instead we should set the pace. Pray specifically today asking Him how you can creatively proclaim the goodness of God.

Read Isaiah 9:2-7