Walls, Tweets and Instant Messages

This Sunday we were reminded of the words from Psalm 67:

May God be merciful to us and bless us, *
show us the light of his countenance and come to us.

2 Let your ways be known upon earth, *
your saving health among all nations.

3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.

4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, *
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide all the nations upon earth.

5 Let the peoples praise you, O God; *
let all the peoples praise you.

6 The earth has brought forth her increase; *
may God, our own God, give us his blessing.

7 May God give us his blessing, *
and may all the ends of the earth stand in awe of him.

This psalm implores God to make His way known,to be merciful, to bless, to judge and guide the peoples of the earth. In return we will praise, be joyful and stand in awe of him. One of the primary ways that God acts is through us, those who seek to be faithful and reflect the reality of God in our lives to others. This opportunity is at the heart of the vocation of missionary leaders. I believe that God is counting on us to show his love and reality to a world that doesn't know him. In this most incredible age of technology, when hundreds of millions of people are on Facebook and Twitter, not to mention the countless other ways we can communicate and network with others, do we use these new technologies to share our knowledge of God? If so, how are you doing it?

What a tragedy it would be to adopt these new methods of connecting and not utilize them to glorify God in our tweets and walls and instant messages. These new forms of communicating might be the easiest way EVER to share our faith. Run a little test this week. Note in your high tech communications how often others reference God in a way that glorifies him. Start a trend. Be fearless. Let it be known how important God is to you, even in the mundane communications you make every day. You may never know how your sharing might bring someone closer to God. The exponential power of networking might even cause nations to be glad and sing for joy!! Well, maybe your closest circle of friends! You'll never know until you try. You may have more power to transmit the love of Christ than you ever imagined. Tweet away.