I write this 5 hours into the first leg of our journey. As we flew north of the Arctic circle, 32,000 feet over the frozen expanses of ocean sheet ice below, the enormity of God's creation was evident. Climbing into this metal tube with 300 other people only to emerge 14 hours later on the other side of the planet made me think how mans’ technological inventions are amazing. What many people fail to see is that this technology ultimately comes from God Himself. Technology like other gifts from God can be used for good and for evil. Advances in technology in recent history have made it much easier to carry out the work God has called us to do. Fulfilling the Great Commission, as laid out in Scripture (Matthew 28:18), can be accomplished in a matter of just days to weeks, as opposed to years or lifetimes as in past history.
Advances in communication and the internet have made it easier to spread God's Word to all corners of the earth. It also is used to spread deceit, lies, and pornography at the devil's prompting. Medical research has cured many diseases, but it has also been perverted with drug abuse, abortions, and human genetic engineering.
We are to be good stewards of the gifts given to us by God, including our intelligence. Many have turned to worshipping "the created", and not "The Creator", trusting in man, and not in God. We are not self-sufficient, and we couldn't accomplish anything without God!
My prayer is that we realize this, and use these gifts, for God's glory only, as we arrive in Thailand to boldly proclaim the name of Jesus!
-Brian Betchner
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