Our Daily Bread 12 September 2018 Devotional
Topic: Is There Wi-Fi?
Read: Proverbs 15:9–21 | Bible in a Year: Proverbs 13–15; 2 Corinthians 5
Scripture: A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash. Proverbs 15:14 nlt
Message: As I was preparing to go on a mission trip with some young people, the most frequently asked question was, “Is there Wi-Fi?” And I assured them there would be. So just imagine the wails and groans one night when the Wi-Fi was down!
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 nlt).
Our Daily Bread 12 September 2018 Devotional – Is There Wi-Fi?
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 nlt). By God’s wisdom we can make good choices that honor Him.
Our Daily Bread 12 September 2018 Devotional – Is There Wi-Fi?
Prayer: God, help me to use my time well and to fill my mind with what is pure.
Read Being Jesus Online at discoveryseries.org/q0737.
Thought for the Day: What we let into our minds shapes the state of our souls.
Our Daily Bread 12 September 2018 Devotional was written by Poh Fang Chia (Our Daily Bread Ministries)