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Recently, I bought the much coveted Samsung Galaxy S3. What a joy it was! I just couldn’t stop smiling and thoroughly used/abused the phone. I installed and uninstalled new apps, became hooked to few android games and used my mobile instead of a laptop or computer. So much, that I even forgot about TV and internet outside of Galaxy. Man, what a phone! But the more I used it, the more I missed something and I wasn’t satisfied at all. I kept craving for something, but I couldn’t specifically point out what it was. Then I thought “Let me spend more time playing new games and clicking away photographs with the Galaxy”. Photography is my hobby, and with this 8MP camera and the phone fully loaded with applications to edit the photos, I just couldn’t stop it. But there was this nagging sense of missing something in my life. I was so dependent on this phone that I even read my Bible on the phone. Now that is a smart idea, have the Bible loaded into the phone, that way you can spend more time with God, Right? Wrong! The Bible on phone just gave me the excuse to spend less time with God. I would open this Bible app on my Android and read a couple of verses and with that my Christian duty would end. No wonder I had some kind of empty feeling within me.
Soon, I realised what it was that nagged me. I hadn’t spent quality time with my beloved God in a long time. All right, I read the Bible and said my prayers (or so I thought). But in reality, I was just fulfilling some duty of prayer and Bible reading. There wasn’t a deep communion with God. It was as if I was a parched land with no water to nourish me. Jesus said, “I am the living water” and without this living water, I felt like I was in a desert.
So, having realised that was what I was missing, I started seeking God. I went to God talking to Him like talking to a friend, thanking Him for all the goodness and for His patience and grace, asking sorry for not spending time with Him. It was just a small step towards Him and I could sense that God was taking strides to commune with me. The moment I turned to Him, He started revealing Himself to me. He started showing how much He loves me. What a joy!!!! The real joy! This joy is better than the joy of buying a new Samsung Galaxy S3. 🙂