An Analog Life in a Digital WorldSample

If we are letting the Holy Spirit reign in our hearts, then we will follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives, like verse 25 says. When it comes to screen time, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control are the three attributes of a Spirit-filled believer that probably get challenged the most. So why are we often too quick to justify our digital choices with excuses that clearly don't align with God’s goals for his followers? If the way we are currently using technology is robbing us of our conviction to display the fruit of the Spirit, then we must find a better way to use it, or we must cut it out of our lives until we can be led by the Spirit once again.

Is your screen time crucifying or awakening the desires of your flesh? Have you ever found yourself becoming the things that verse 26 warns us against (“conceited, provoking one another, envying one another”) as a result of your screen time? 

Take a Next Step: Take some time to sit with the conviction that the Holy Spirit has been pressing on your heart over the last 5 days of this plan. Examine your heart for places where your sinful nature still leads instead of the Holy Spirit. Do whatever you sense God is asking you to do.

Use Psalm 51:10 to lead you into prayer:

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.