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Thanks to "Siri" and "Google", having a smartphone is like having a personal assistant. Need to know who the 6th president was....just ask your phone. Need to book a flight to visit your family...just ask your phone. They can actually anticipate things you might want to know. If you have an appointment at 3pm and the train you need to take is running late, Google Now will let you know that you might need to take an earlier train. Apple's Siri even has a sense of humor!
It seems like all you have to do is ask and somehow your phone will find an answer.
Ask Google, "Who is God?" and you get a list of websites that talk about God. Ask Siri, "Who is God?" and you are likely to get a response like "That's a topic for another day and another assistant." Ask her, "Is God good?" and she replies, "I like to keep a separation of spirit and silicone. Ask a human."
Perhaps Siri is smart after all. Perhaps she realizes that as much as you might learn things about God from a smartphone, you aren't going to get to know God or His goodness this way. God reveals Himself and His goodness to us through His Word, His creation, His redemption and healing, and through His Son, Jesus Christ.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~Romans 5:8
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. ~James 1:17-18
Let's take time this week to pause and look for the many ways that God is revealing His goodness in our lives.
Getting to Know Him Together...
It seems like all you have to do is ask and somehow your phone will find an answer.
Ask Google, "Who is God?" and you get a list of websites that talk about God. Ask Siri, "Who is God?" and you are likely to get a response like "That's a topic for another day and another assistant." Ask her, "Is God good?" and she replies, "I like to keep a separation of spirit and silicone. Ask a human."
Perhaps Siri is smart after all. Perhaps she realizes that as much as you might learn things about God from a smartphone, you aren't going to get to know God or His goodness this way. God reveals Himself and His goodness to us through His Word, His creation, His redemption and healing, and through His Son, Jesus Christ.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~Romans 5:8
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. ~James 1:17-18
Let's take time this week to pause and look for the many ways that God is revealing His goodness in our lives.
Getting to Know Him Together...
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