Technique or Christ

I just got finished listening to Louie Giglio interviewing John Piper. Louie asked many questions, but one he asked intrigued me. "What advice would you give young pastors that you wish you had received 30 years ago?"

Piper's answer really made me think about my life. (Being a young pastor). He warned this young generation that we get too into technology than the Word. Another words, you can tell a lot about someone on Twitter for example. Some tweet for the purpose to glorify God and encourage others, but you easily recognize "holy" people tweeting for other reasons. It seems like so many people want the latest quote and latest great idea, more than the word of God.

So he continued by giving the advice to stop doing these "latest" secondary things, and dive into the Word so much that they truly do become secondary things.

I think a lot of us young people, have a heart to save the lost. But I also strongly see that so many of us are not using our energy the right way. We can tweet all day, and make interesting videos, but how is our prayer life? We can create a nice blog that will captivate the eye, but how long have we read the Word that day?

So many of us, and I included, have fallen into this trap of what I want to call a "holy distraction". Because these things are good and beneficial, but we are doing it in the wrong order. Technology should come after having 2 hours in the Word. Not technology first, because then we get too tired to read the word. So another words first things first.

The only thing that moves the world is the power of God. So let's acquire that power.