by Debbie on May 19, 2016
A Facebook friend posted a picture of a stone wall on Facebook and ask that viewers intently look at it for a while then look away and then look back at it and then we should see something other than a stone wall.
I have to admit I was looking for the face of Jesus to appear. I kept looking intently at this stone wall and then looked away but when I looked at it again all I saw was this same stone wall.
I finally personal messaged my friend and my friend explained what I needed to look for. It was certainly not Jesus. It was a large cigar stuck in the wall with ashes at the end of the cigar.
There was really no significance in the time I spent looking intently at this stone wall. However it was somewhat entertaining once I could see the cigar.
It made me think of a scripture I have read in the book of James about looking intently into the law (God’s Word).
James 1:25
But the man (woman) who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he/she will be blessed in what he/she does.
I enjoy looking at Facebook and staying connected with friends and family but looking intently at the stone wall and seeing nothing except a big cigar, made me feel like I could have been using my time more wisely.
However, when I read God’s Word and look intently into it, I never get the feeling that I am wasting my time.
If you are looking intently into Facebook everyday, could you possibly spend some of that time intently looking into God’s Word?
There is no promise connected to looking intently into Facebook but there is a promise if you look intently into God’s Word and continue to do it and do what it says. That promise is this: you will be blessed in what you do.
Can I make a suggestion? Will you consider trimming some time off your social media time and intently look into God’s word everyday and continue to do that and hear what God has to say to you and do it so that you will be blessed?
What are your intentions when it comes to God’s Word? May it always be to look intently into it, continuously, and hear it and obey it so that you will be blessed by God.
Dear God our Heavenly Father,
We are so very thankful for your Word that we have the freedom to read everyday. Please forgive us for spending more time on social media than we spend in your Word. Help us to trim some time away from Facebook and other social media sites and look intently into your Word and obey it. Thank you that when we do this, you promise to bless us. In Jesus name we pray amen.
