Enabling Change You Say
As I am sitting here at work, I have just come off of a problem that has been eluding me for a good while with a current project. Thanks to a friend online, I was able to learn the basics of what I needed to solve the problem. No, I wasn't given the answer per say, but I was given a set of tools and then allowed to use my own inteligence to figure out the solution. Its safe to say that as I am writing this, I am excited that I have been able to learn something new, while at the same time feeling that there was a lesson beyond the simple function that I just applied to the Flash movie.
Where am I getting at, one might ask? I like the different pieces of technology that have made themselves a part of our daily lives. I think that to a large extent, it isnt that we can live without them, but rather that we can live with them that makes them such a great part of our lives. Whenever someone asks me about using a Treo, or other PDA, I go into great detail about how I have been able to cut the fat and streamline some tasks that usually took longer, or more intricate planning to get done. My personal technology has enabled me to take the spare cycles of my thoughts' processes, and apply them into learning and understanding newer and more profitable things.
And this is where I think technology should do for all of us. Not so much that we learn it and it becomes something that we cannot live without (anything that is learned has that capacity). But it is when we learn something, and it becomes a means to change the world around us.
I took a moment in preparing this article to look at instances of training in the Scripture and noticed how the "training" of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah included a specific eating regiment, prayer multiple times a day, and an aplitude to adjust to conditions to learn and be a light no matter where they were. Their training enabled them to prosper where others didn't. And at the same time, it set the stage for them to change the world around them. God used the tools at their disposal to change the mindset of a conquering kingdom.
Now what if we were able to do the same with the Word and technology. Take it into a place it hasn't been before, and because of our diligence towards the Word and the heart of Dad, be able to enable others to change the world. I'd like that personally, and its something that I hope MMM encourages you to do on a daily basis as well.
And if you think this is just words, wait until our new writer comes on the scene...he has something that you can truely take to others to enable them.
Where am I getting at, one might ask? I like the different pieces of technology that have made themselves a part of our daily lives. I think that to a large extent, it isnt that we can live without them, but rather that we can live with them that makes them such a great part of our lives. Whenever someone asks me about using a Treo, or other PDA, I go into great detail about how I have been able to cut the fat and streamline some tasks that usually took longer, or more intricate planning to get done. My personal technology has enabled me to take the spare cycles of my thoughts' processes, and apply them into learning and understanding newer and more profitable things.
And this is where I think technology should do for all of us. Not so much that we learn it and it becomes something that we cannot live without (anything that is learned has that capacity). But it is when we learn something, and it becomes a means to change the world around us.
I took a moment in preparing this article to look at instances of training in the Scripture and noticed how the "training" of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah included a specific eating regiment, prayer multiple times a day, and an aplitude to adjust to conditions to learn and be a light no matter where they were. Their training enabled them to prosper where others didn't. And at the same time, it set the stage for them to change the world around them. God used the tools at their disposal to change the mindset of a conquering kingdom.
Now what if we were able to do the same with the Word and technology. Take it into a place it hasn't been before, and because of our diligence towards the Word and the heart of Dad, be able to enable others to change the world. I'd like that personally, and its something that I hope MMM encourages you to do on a daily basis as well.
And if you think this is just words, wait until our new writer comes on the scene...he has something that you can truely take to others to enable them.
posted by Antoine @ 11/02/2005 01:43:00 PM
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