The Price of Social Media

Is social networking just another way for people to say what they think without being responsible for what they say? Is the next best place to vent your frustrations online in a public forum? Social networking is great to connect with people and is a tool that can be used to help expand the influence of the Kingdom of God, but how many times have these networks simply become the catalytic moment for people to air their frustrations into the infinite world of cyberspace?

Can any of us say that just because we are emailing, facebooking, or tweeting that we have the right to add ungodly characteristics to our language or devolve our own self-absorbed opinions about someone else? Is this really demonstrating the character of Christ? I believe that social media networks are public domains where Christians are openly monitored for how we act and react! It is what the Bible describes as putting “Truth on display.” How many of us, as Christians, would openly buy a TV spot to bash or criticize the service of a certain restaurant or underhandedly bash people for trying to do the right thing? I would dare say many of us wouldn’t… probably because we couldn’t afford the cost of our opinions in dollars. Yet can we really afford the cost of our opinions in people’s lives?

Jesus is the truth. He is the life. For any of us to display anything else and call ourselves Christians is costing us more than money.