This world is producing a lot of things. We produce more as a society than we ever have. We also consume more, it seems. Yet, as we produce more materially, we’re also producing many unattractive qualities. We seem to have more undesirable traits being displayed. While we have more than we’ve ever had, maybe it’s produced some undesirable results.
I’m not very old, myself. Yet, I think of myself as an old school kind of thinker. I don’t get wrapped up in a lot of the same things as other people in my generation. I suppose that’s because I don’t want to be a product of my times. As you look at each generation, there seems to be a pattern of thinking ascribed to each one. There’s a mode of operation that each one seems to go by. Certainly, my grandparent’s generation didn’t think the way that my generation does. And my parent’s generation doesn’t think the way that mine does. I guess my observation is, that with each succeeding generation, the important things become less important, and the less important things become more important.
You can tell what people believe to be important by what they do. If you look at the decline in church attendance over the years, it would reflect that we have become an increasingly secular culture. People don’t seem to think faith in something other than themselves is very important. But what does that produce, other than a society more focused on themselves. Our buying habits also reflect that trend. We purchase more things that we don’t need than ever. Of course, they’re producing more things that we don’t need than ever. I suppose that’s because we keep buying it. It’s a vicious circle.
And there are other aspects of society that have changed, as well. We seem to be more disjointed as a society. We spend more time on social media, and less time with each other. Less actual interaction, and more virtual interaction. I don’t believe having more virtual friends is better than having more real friends. With all the technology, there doesn’t seem to be that face time with other people anymore. In the multitude of options, the important things have been forgotten. So, we become distracted from the important by the unimportant. We let things get in the way. But we don’t have to.
Maybe it’s just time we get back to the basic things. More of the simple that was profound and meaningful, and less of the complex that is shallow and trivial. I don’t think we have to go down the road society is taking. We can decide to keep the important things important. We can decide to minimize the unimportant. It takes a conscious effort to do this. It’s a struggle sometimes to go against the grain. But if enough of us do that as individuals, maybe we can have a positive impact on our society as a whole.
AV 2 Timothy 3:2: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,” This verse speaks of the end of the age. It’s talking about how people will become increasingly selfish and self-absorbed. It shows a people that are proud and defiant, not reflecting a humility, or respect for others.
AV Revelation 3:17: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:” A person can easily become distracted by riches. That can become a sort of security blanket to some people. While it may fix a person’s financial condition, it doesn’t do anything about their heart condition. This verse shows the contrast of someone who has every form of material gain, but is empty inside.
AV Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Once we experience the new birth and our heart is renewed we still have to fight the thought patterns of the society in which we live. We need to not be conformed to this world. But we can’t stop there. Once we get rid of one way of thinking, we need to replace it with something new. We have to renew our minds to a new way of thinking. That way of thinking comes from the Word. We start thinking of things, and seeing things the way God sees.
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AV Hebrews 13:5: “[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Part of making sure we don’t become a part of the culture means we display a contentment with what we have. We don’t need to have the same things everyone else has. Because the most important thing we possess is our relationship with God.
AV 1 John 2:17: “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” The thing we can so easily forget is that all the things of this world are temporary. This world won’t always exist as it has. So, we don’t want to align with something that is temporary. We want to align with that which is eternal. And we want to align with God’s eternal plan. And it’s simply letting go of a ‘here and now’ we will lose, to gain an eternity that can’t be taken away.
AV 2 Timothy 3:2: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
AV Revelation 3:17: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”
AV Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
AV Hebrews 13:5: “[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
AV 1 John 2:17: “And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”