This is my advice for those who want to write and share the Word of God on social media.
Romans 14:11-12 World English Bible
11 For it is written,
“ ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow.
Every tongue will confess to God.’ ”*
12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.
Whether you share through writing or not, let me encourage you to write down what you learn from your time with the Lord in His Word:
If you write down what you learn every day of year that is 365 things you’ve learned.
In 6 years, that would be 2,190 things learned.
In 70 years, that would be 25,550 things learned.
The Lord may be silent at times, or we may not always understand the day’s Bible reading, but everyday is an opportunity to learn. Will we give the Holy Spirit the opportunity to teach us?
1. Get to know the Word of God before you become a teacher through your words . Social media and blogs are public ways that many can be either led to the Lord or away from Him.
It may be years of writing in journals that come first, until you learn the Lord’s Voice through His Word. Over the years, I have had things that I wrote down in my Bible reading time that remained in my journal for three months, six months, years before I shared them or decided to let them just remain in the journal not to be shared.
Sometimes, I can totally forget about something I wrote , until I look through my journals again.
2. Spend time learning what the traditional thoughts are of Christianity and what is actual biblical. Popular American Christianity and its prosperity Gospel often are contradictory to the real Truth written in God’s Word. Many popular “Christian” labeled quotes , music, preachers etc, can often be a disguise for false teaching. Figure out what you believe before you teach. Yes, you are constantly learning, but know the basics at least. You can’t teach what you don’t know.
3. Expect more time to be spent with the Lord. You can’t teach things, if you don’t spend the time with the Lord, getting to know His Voice and ways. 5-10 mins will not sustain a teacher or writer of such topics. That can be a start, but eventually it should lead to deeper study and desire for the eternal things of the Lord. Yes, we can enjoy time with family and activities, but sometimes the cost can get greater than some want to pay especially as time goes.
You wouldn’t only spend 5-10 minutes with a friend that you truly enjoy their company all the time. A meal would be never shared nor could you truly develop a deep friendship that way for years.
4. Pray for Discernment and Wisdom for our enemy, the devil doesn’t often blatantly appear evil. Many times he disguises things as an angel of light. Discernment is needed to know not just what evil and good is, but knowing when something sounds good, but isn’t of God. The difference between right and almost right.
5. Seek the Lord to know when to speak through words and when to avoid unnecessary arguments. I have learned that the enemy may tempt you to get involved in arguments or social media comment wars, to distract you from your God given purpose . Our time on earth is limited and length unknown. Be ready for our Lord’s use , a vessel . Don’t waste time, it’s precious.
6. Journal what you are going to post or share in a journal , so you can give yourself time to pray over and ask the Lord what to do with what you think He is speaking to you. It also gives you time to check with the Word of God to see if what you wrote about God lines up before posting.
7. Writing for others to point them to God is a responsibility, don’t take it lightly. We will give an account. Write wisely and remember we will give an account to the Lord for our words. Seek forgiveness whenever needed, because no writer is perfect. Sometimes the Lord will teach you and you’ll realize at times, that what you believed , what you heard growing up/ traditions you held may be wrong . We are always learning.
If you take the time to journal your thoughts and keep them on the page until the proper time, if prompted to share, then your more likely not going to hurt someone in the heat of the moment when your emotions are overwhelmed. If you seek out the Truth with the Lord first, even if it stays on the page for months or years later, then you won’t run into the risk of teaching false teachings to those whose lives you impact around you.
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