Just Sayin:
Is There Wi-Fi?
Read: Proverbs 15:9–21
A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash. Proverbs 15:14 nlt
Many of us become anxious when we’re separated from our smartphones. And when we do have our iPhones or Androids in our hands, we can be fixated on our screens.
Like many things, the internet and all that it allows us to access can become either a distraction or a blessing. It depends on what we do with it. In Proverbs, we read, “A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash” (15:14 NIT).
Applying the wisdom of God’s Word to life, we can ask ourselves: Do we check our social networks compulsively throughout the day? What does that say about the things we hunger for? And do the things we read or view online encourage sensible living (vv. 16–21), or are we feeding on trash—gossip, slander, materialism, or sexual impurity?
As we yield to the work of the Holy Spirit, we can fill our minds with things that are “true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable” (Philippians 4:8 NIT).
By God’s wisdom, we can make good choices that honor Him.
God, help me to use my time well and to fill my mind with what is pure.
