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The Convenience Paradox: Are We Losing More Than We Gain?

I was watching my daughter get immersed in her Number Blocks learning channel on YouTube when I felt a sense of guilt. Even though I was refereeing that learning experience, it appeared someone else was the coach on the sideline showing her what to learn. Eventually, I waved off the feeling, thinking that at least, she was acquiring new knowledge. However, I couldn’t shake off the truth that my convenience was playing out here. Getting her to learn this way was about my convenience. That was my invitation to a journey down the rabbit hole of thoughts about the convenience paradox. 

In today’s world, convenience is no longer a luxury but an expectation. It permeates every aspect of our lives, from the instant click of a smartphone to the door-to-door delivery of groceries. We crave it, and technology promises to meet our demands faster than ever before. But this raises an important question: Is our relentless pursuit of convenience truly improving our lives, or is there an unacknowledged cost lurking in the shadows?

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REBELLION

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The Father dropped something in my heart this morning and I want to briefly share some parts that may apply to you. I’ll share it in five paragraphs. 

I have found that knowledge has greatly increased with the proliferation of information and the tools to access this. For this reason people in this generation know a lot more at their age compared to people in previous generations. Our kids today are already interacting and functioning in a context of information overload, as I even heard my 3 year old niece once reacted to her dad’s intense play by saying: “daddy stop terrorising me”. Knowledge and concepts, peddled by written or spoken words are daily communicated over portable mobile media, which perform multiple functions, and our generation is already saturated. 

Here is the problem. The Bible records in 1 Cor. 8:1 that “knowledge puffs up”. A very close observation will reveal the link between the rise in knowledge and rebellion in the heart of men. Rebellion has taken hold of many because they are bloated with “knowledge”. They think they know much now and can question everything. While the ability to question is a positive quality that can bring progress, however without understanding, it leads to rebellion. This is where many today have pitched their tents – a rebellious heart is present with them.

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