Saturday, January 22, 2011
Why isn't God on Facebook?
I just got done watching the movie, "Social Network." My immediate human response to such a movie, is to spend the next 36 hours coming up with the "next big thing" and making millions. That's why I'm online right; I'm plotting to take over the world with trendiness. However, I've also been reading Dave Harvey's, "Rescuing Ambition." So my thought process has evolved into wondering why a "Mark Zuckerburg" can't revolutionize the worlds trends AND be ambitious for that which ambition was originally created (the fame of Christ)? Thoughts?
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Chadwick, I have struggled with this concept so much and so often. The desire to come up with "the next big thing" is intoxicating and at times, overwhelming. And yet, as I've studied the Mark Zuckerburgs of the world, it seems that these people didn't often set out to turn the world upside-down. Rather, they worked hard and well at what they were good at and they happened to be in the right place at the right time and with the right people. Or, for us Reformed folk, God sovereignly ordained that they be catapulted to fame.
ReplyDeleteI don't know. I don't have a master plan for changing the world, although goodness knows I want to. I guess my plan is to become like the Son in every way that I can and let God do the rest. I figure if I'm serving Him, even if it's in a very little corner of the world, then He's glorified. And that's the main idea, isn't it?
(Oh man. Totally didn't mean for this to be such a long post. Thanks for being my sounding board. Maybe I should write my own blog post.)
And actually, now that I reread your original post, I didn't answer the original question. I see no reason why a "Mark Zuckerburg" can't revolutionize the world and be ambitious for Christ. It's been done before. I'm thinking of Martin Luther as a particular example. I think the more difficult problem would be finding a first follower.
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