The Times in Which We Live

Scripture – Luke 12:54-59: 54He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does. 55And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time? 57“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right? 58As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. 59I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.”

Reflection: How do we interpret this present time? Things change so fast these days, it’s hard to even know what time it is in the present.

Technology allows us to communicate with almost anyone anywhere in the world at any time. Right now this Twitter stuff is taking off. Add that to texting and instant messaging, and we’re losing the ability to carry on conversations using full words an complete sentences.

I’m really at a loss in the face of this. It seems futile to try and change it by resisting it. Yet it’s leading us down a destructive road. The more we rely on technology, the more we’re relying on ourselves rather than Christ. If we’re not careful, we’ll end up being imprisoned by the very things that seem to set us free.