When I gave up Social Media...

Through my teenage years I had an up and down relationship with God. I wanted to serve him but I wanted to be cool too, so I tried to do both. I had one foot in the world and the other at church which doesn’t really work.

Over the years, I watched my life drift further and further from God until there was hardly any evidence of God in my life at all. I was very worldly and only was a Christian in title. I tried and tried to help myself and would live from one burst of spiritual motivation to the other, but I was not living an overcoming life at all.

A major thing that held me back spiritually was social media. I was on Instagram, Snapchat, and tiktok, which took my attention away from God and kept my affections set on the things of the world. Whether I liked it or not, by being on these platforms I was constantly feeding on Laodicea.

I mentally knew that it was not good for me and I tried to help myself by deleting the apps off  my phone. This is a good step, but the problem is that I could re-download them at any time, sign back into my account, and continue where I left off. Years went by before I was finally ready to fully delete my accounts. By doing this I would be letting go of all my social media with no going back.

This was a scary decision to make because I actually really enjoyed being on. It was fun, and entertaining, and I got to keep up with my friends and people I cared about. But after years of not getting anywhere spiritually, I decided that it was worth it to take the plunge and delete my accounts, never to go back.

At first it was a weird adjustment period but I got used to it after a little bit.

A short time later, God brought me to possibly the biggest breakthrough that I’ve ever had in my life! I can't help but believe that it was because of my act of faith and sacrifice in laying down my idol of social media, that God was honoring my effort and rewarding it.

I truly think it was one of the best decisions I have ever made and I don’t regret it even a little. I’ve been free of social media for almost two years now and there has never been a time that I doubted my choice.

If you are feeling stuck in your spiritual life and are not seeing the results you would like to see, It might be time to try something drastic like deleting your social media accounts. It might just change your life.