TXT3

How was life different twenty years ago?  Just think about the technological changes.

• Video cameras were carried on your shoulder and recorded on to VHS tapes that weren’t edited.  Now your video camera fits in your pocket, records to a 1/4 inch card, and edits into movie quality on your computer.  The ability to video is so accessible that 20 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
• Speaking of home computers . . . remember the green screen monitor?
• Twenty years ago the internet wasn’t on the average person’s radar.  Today, I registered my Genghis Grill card online over an internet page on someone’s cell phone.
• Cell phones weighed 37 pounds and cost $18 a minute (that’s an exaggeration, but it’s pretty close to the truth)

What’s next?  Who knows, but currently IBM is working on several projects.  They say . . .

• We’ll be able to access healthcare remotely from just about anywhere in the world.
• Real-time speech translation – once a vision only in science fiction – will become the norm.
• There will be a 3-D internet
• Technologies the size of a few atoms will address areas of environmental importance
• Our mobile phones will come close to reading our minds.

Some of that stuff seems overwhelming.  Change is great, but it can leave us scrambling to keep up.  If you feel overwhelmed this week, remember that the eternal, UNCHANGABLE, and indescribable God is present.  He’s waiting to spend time with you and bring the hectic pace to a sensible rest.

Application ideas for you to try from last Sunday night’s message:

• God is indescribable, but His creation gives us a brief glimpse.  Go outside and spend some time in His creation worshipping Him.
• Have a family devotional out at the park
• Make a list of some of the words that describe God.  Pray those back to Him throughout the week.
• Spend time with God now.  Don’t put it off until tonight or tomorrow.

I’m going to admit that I’m a bit nervous about the Txt3 Experience.  I know that it is going to be incredible.  I know that it’s a type of worship service that I would be drawn to . . . but what about everyone else?  We’ve asked people to commit to the service, but most people don’t even know what they are committing to (so that doesn’t make much sense).  Instead, we simply want people to come try it out.  To “kick the tires”, if you will.  I’m ready for it to get here already!