It's a Small World...

Did you know…

• The earth’s circumference at the equator is 24,901.55 miles?
• The earth’s circumference between the north and south poles is 24,859.82 miles?
• The earth’s population is around 7 billion?
• That 70% of all the earth’s surface is covered in water, and oceans hold 96.5% of all water?
• There are 196 countries in the world?

Though children absorb most of this information in their elementary school years, these facts still entice us to awe if reflected upon. We live on a massive planet comparative to our size, and most of it remains underdeveloped.

Yet, because of technology and modern advancements, the world stands at our fingertips. Transportation enables us to travel faster than ever; planes travel the width of the world in mere hours. Information transformed from dusty books standing on library shelves to keyboards and mouse clicks. What used to take people hours to research now requires but a click of a mouse before instantaneously appearing on a conveniently perched screen.

We’ve somehow found ourselves in a small world. Adventures transformed from physical endeavors to ones in cyberspace. We’re at once capable of doing more than our grandparents ever dreamed of, yet find ourselves bored and stagnant.
What happened? Have we become so disillusioned in our technological capabilities that we overlook eternal perspective?

I fear we have.

Technology, though fabulous (trust me, I’m the kind of girl who took a cordless curling iron to a camping trip on the beach), renders unfortunate side effects that dull our minds and stipend our hunger for the eternal.

Ancient peoples looked to gods because to explain earthly phenomenon. They believed rain to be a blessing and a drought to be a curse—both directed at them personally. A simple life required simple faith and simple belief.

Such belief fails miserably today. A modern world requires modern answers. Educated people require answers fitting within their educated perspectives. Or so we think.
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Religions evolve like technology; but the one who remains the same regardless of past, present and future is Jesus. Jesus alone answers the tribal native in the jungles of Brazil and the CEO of America’s fastest growing company. Jesus’ story reaches the ghettos of inner cities and the palaces of esteemed royalty.