Babel 2 - Sunday June 19Technology and image are connected.
The way we use technology says a lot about who we think we are and how we want to represent ourselves. With technology, we can shape how others see us. Technology gives us the tools to make ourselves into the image we want. It’s easy to forget who we really are—the person God created us to be.
God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:20-25 NIV).
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Genesis 1:26-27 NIV).
You have value because you were created by God to resemble God. You bear His image. You always have and you always will—nothing changes that. Genesis tells us that our image, based on who God is, doesn’t change. Our image is wrapped up in every aspect of our lives. Because of technology we can be whoever we think we ought to be—and disregard what God has already said to be true of us.
With all the opportunities to create any kind of image we want, we have lost sight of the one image that is real. Technology wasn’t created to redefine who we are as individuals and determine where we fit. God’s image is in you and on you, and it isn’t going away.
Who are you really? Who does God say you are? Who has God determined you to be?
What image are you trusting in?
What image are you putting your confidence in?
You are who your Creator intended you to be.
Bottom Line: Your relationship with technology can distort your view of who you really are.