One King
Wyatt Webb
answering email, looking for answers in a support forum, reading news
about the world or my industry, or just catching up with friends. I
will admit that conversing online has one major drawback: it
encourages incivility.
It's not like I'm snapping at people all day, but it is very easy to
say something that can be easily understood to be rude, insulting, or
just dismissive. There is no reading body language or assessing the
tension in the room. You're just working with words written by
(mostly) amateur writers which means they aren't good at communicating
emotion with their words. And, in fact, it makes it easier to say
things without the logic or evidence to back it up because you know
you'll have time to research a response later. You don't have to
defend yourself on the spot.
Anyway, I say all this because I found myself tied up in a somewhat
heated discussion about an event that had some political overtones.
The political angle was snagged by my discussion partner and the heat
began to rise. It isn't over yet, but it seems clear to me that this
is going to boil down to some radically different views about how the
world works and how we should act in it.
I find that it's easy for me to get wound up about a senator, a piece
of legislation, or even just a speech by the President. I am
constantly forming opinions about what's right and what's wrong and
why. I can get emotionally invested in these conversations.
While I'll never stop forming logical opinions and gathering evidence,
I do need to keep things in perspective. I'm arguing over the deck
chairs on the ship when I know how the cruise is going to end.
"The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be
one LORD, and his name the only name." Zechariah 14:9
This cools me off in a hurry. These arguments are infinitesimally
small compared to the direction fallen man is going and the rescue
plan God has enacted. I'll keep discussing my opinions, but it's more
like arguing over who the better Super Bowl champion was. It's
interesting, but not worth getting worked up over anymore.
I'm looking forward to one King so we'll all know that He is doing the
right thing at all times.
Wyatt