An Analog Life in a Digital WorldSample

In this Old Testament passage, God calls out the Israelites for spending their time with worthless idols and becoming worthless themselves. The Israelites forgot what God had done for them, and even the religious leaders were not trying to remind them. How often have you found yourself in a similar situation? Wasting your time with cheap substitutes for God and forgetting his faithfulness to you. Sadly, it’s not hard to do. Our hearts lean toward sin, and we must constantly remind ourselves of God’s grace in our lives to avoid turning to the very things that pull us away from Him. 

We’re on our fourth day of examining our digital lives - is there still a piece of your screen time habits that you aren’t quite willing to turn over to God? If that’s the case, you’re likely dealing with an idol. What causes hesitation in you when you think about changing your digital routines and how does remembering God’s faithfulness to you and throughout all of history reframe that hesitation?

Take a Next Step: Come up with a way to remind yourself of God’s faithfulness that will motivate you to walk with him more closely this week (e.g. change the background of your phone to a picture that reminds you of a time in your life when God proved his faithfulness, or write a reminder on a sticky note and put it on your bathroom mirror)

Use this prompt to lead you into prayer:

God, you alone are Lord of my life…