First, we are tempted to forsake quality for quantity, believing the lie that virtue comes through speed, productivity, and efficiency. There is a simple and inevitable progression at work here:ĭistraction - > Shallow Thinking - > Shallow LivingĪll of this distraction is reshaping us in two dangerous ways. Here is one of the great dangers we face as Christians: With the ever-present distractions in our lives, we are quickly becoming a people of shallow thoughts, and shallow thoughts will lead to shallow living. Where the Bible used to be a special Book we read and studied, now it’s an e-book that competes with our voice mail, text messages, e-mails, and the ever-present lure of the Internet. Where prayer used to be the first activity of the day, we now begin our daily routine by checking e-mail.
We can’t find the time to meet with our Father. We can’t sustain our attention long enough to study. More and more of us are finding that we just can’t stop long enough to read. – Romans 10:2Ĭhristians may be excited about God, but because they have become a product of our digital world, they have a diminished ability to think deeply about Him, to truly know Him as He is. I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. What Paul said of the unbelieving Jews of his day could likely be said of many of us today: If we are a distracted people, a distracted society, it stands to reason that we would also be a distracted church, a church with a diminished ability to think deeply, to cultivate concentration, to emphasize slow, deliberate, thoughtful meditation.
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