Recently I have been thinking about how much technology has changed. When I was in college my parents bought me a typewriter. It was state of the art! This electronic type writer had the ability to keep an entire line of type in memory until you reached the end of the line. It would even justify the margins. Not long after that my dad bought a computer. It had the amazing ability to search the entire Bible for every use of a word in under thirty minutes. He got an amazing deal on it. He ordered one with a 20meg hard drive but the company was out of them so they substituted a 30 for free.
It’s amazing to look back and think about how advanced we thought these things were. Especially when you consider that we carry in our pockets a device that is so much more powerful.
I began thinking about this a few days ago when my granddaughter noticed the marker board in the kitchen. Asking about it I told her that it was a place to write reminders or that grandma and I could leave messages for each other. She then wanted to know, “When you put a message on it, how do you send it to the person?”
I realized just how much technology has become intwined in our lives. As a child we had a phone on the wall in the hallway. When you used it you would have to listen for a dial tone and make sure no one was talking on the party line. Today my grandkids have a hard time understanding talking on the phone without seeing the person you are speaking to.
As I contemplated these things I was thankful that even though technology changes, the Word of God stays the same. It is wonderful to know that in a changing world there is truth that does not changes. Not only does the Word of God stand sure but it is relevant to each generation.
God did not simply give His people a list of rules to be followed but He gave us a set of principles on which we can direct our lives. The principals apply not matter the situation of our lives. Whether we live in a cave or a mansion, whether we drive a horse and buggy or an SUV, whether we use a quill and ink or an iPad.
Thank God for the Bible!