Media
This week’s group meeting was humbling. So many experiences were shared about how the
lives of these women were touched personally by Jesus. There was powerful testimony about a very
alive, active and personal God. I am
completely inspired to seek God in prayer before I begin this week’s Media fast. I can’t wait to see what He reveals to me.
I’m not one of those people who is connected 24/7/365. I can sit quietly in a room and read my Bible
or a book. I don’t need the TV or radio
for background noise. I sometimes use my
Wii to play games, but mostly I use it to exercise and watch Netflix. My most used apps are YouVersion Bible, a
Greek vocabulary tutor and Geocaching.
I’m not a big social media person unless I’m posting notes on my Bible
app that I want to share. Texting is how
I communicate with my husband since he’s a cab driver and can’t answer his
phone all the time. I’m not a big
recreational internet user, either. I
may search for a recipe or check out imdb while we’re watching a movie at
home. Obviously, I blog and publish
online book reviews. I use blueletterbible
and google things I want to learn about.
Maybe I’m more internet active than I thought.
I think I push myself to come up with blog content sometimes
because I want to get the post written to have it done with. Sorry.
I really want to let God speak this week, so I’m not going to do
that. I’m stopping now so I can listen
for Him. I will come back later to share
my experience.
Lord, please reveal to me how You’d like me to fast this
week from media. I’m listening. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
What a week! I didn’t
engage in a “fast” perse, but I did learn a valuable – and life changing –
lesson. God is truth. His Word is truth. Satan is the father of lies. You can’t trust everything you read, hear or
see. We must be like the Bereans,
testing everything against the Word of God – aka Truth! I’d love to share with you how this concept
gelled in my brain.
While doing lots of research to discover the truth about a
comment someone made to me that cooking in the microwave destroys nutritional
value in food, I learned that you really can’t trust mainstream media. They’re trying to sell you something and they
will exploit your ignorance and insecurities to part you from your money or get
your support for their cause. Agendas
are being pushed on us from every angle.
Lies are being told. We need to
be discerning.
Where would you go to discover the truth? What does your Bible say about the
microwave? I searched my concordance
high and low and couldn’t find a thing!
What I did find was Daniel asking not to eat the king’s food, but to
have a diet of vegetables. I read
Ezekiel 4:9 which talks about sprouted grains – sorry Paleo Diet. I read Acts where Peter receives a lesson in
what’s okay to eat.
I’ve kind of stopped the research. I’m leaning away from the article I read that
microwaves destroy nutrition because it also stated that the Nazis invented the
device to heat meals on the battlefield during WWII (WHAT?!?!?!?!). I’m leaning more toward the article that says
the microwave isn’t responsible for a significant amount of nutrition loss,
water and heat have that designation.
I’ve read about how microwaves work (vibrating water molecules in food,
causing friction and therefore, heat) and heard corroboration from professional
engineers. I may not get a straight
answer about the microwave and nutrition until I get to heaven and I’m pretty
positive that when I get there, I won’t even remember the question.
The point is this –
step four in the battle plan: Search the
Scriptures daily. Test everything
against the Word of God! “These were
more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11
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