Nov 1996 - Editorial

by Edwin Neely | Category: Editorial | Nov 1996

Focus this month centres upon ingenious human achievements in the art of communication in the world of cyberspace. But man's inventiveness comes at a price, both in money and in time.

For some, the facility of instant communication is well worth the cash expenditure, but each modern method drives a wider rift between the haves and have-nots of this world. In some nations, a telephone in a village is a great convenience; in some, people walk about with pocket or purse-sized varieties of the same instrument, with all the advantages and disadvantages of possible immediate communication. The dreams of 'surfing the net' are distant if not impossible to many who will read this magazine. The communication that excels all this, outlined in our article, knows no such boundaries: This poor man cried and the LORD heard him ... Psalm 34:6.

For the believing Christian, one of the richest possessions available is time. Legitimate earthly necessities call upon a large percentage of that commodity. Collective spiritual requirements eat up much mere. The temptations of Internet draw upon a considerable time investment even to follow the good things that are facilitated by it. Time for the Scriptures, for meditation, for prayer, is threatened by wave on wave of less worthwhile considerations. Time spent on the Word is essential that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work (see 2 Timothy 3:16,17). No child of God on his deathbed will wish that he had spent more time on such lesser things. God's measure of nobility is expressed by Luke in Acts 17:11 (NASB):

Now these were more noble-minded... for they received the Word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures deity...

One can scarcely imagine the attractions of the future, yet the eye never will be satisfied with seeing nor the ear with hearing. The earnest disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ rejoices in things which eye cannot see, nor ear hear, nor which have entered the heart of man, revealed through the Holy Spirit (see 1 Cor. 2:9,10).

Edwin Neely | Nov 1996
Editorial